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An undated charter of Bernard de Neufmarché mentioned "all the tithes of his lordship which he had in Brycheiniog in the woods and plains" (as well as [[Glasbury]]). In 1655, this charter was included in a publication (''Monastican Anglicanum'' by Roger Dodsworth) which amalgamated it with another of Bernard's charters, the latter being dated 1088; the charter mentioning Brycheiniog was then re-published in an 1867 work (''Historia et cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucestriae'' by William Hart), with the added marginal gloss ''AD 1088''; some people conclude from the 1867 gloss that Bernard must already have regarded himself as lord of all Brycheiniog in 1088.
However, with Irish aid, Rhys was able to gradually re-establish himself in Deheubarth. In 1093, Bernard decided to replace Caer-Bannau, by constructing a more militarily advanced castle – [[Brecon Castle]] – at a more strategic location three miles away, demolishing Caer-Bannau to re-use the material.<ref name="TDW2">''Brecknock'' in S.Lewis, ''[[Samuel Lewis (publisher)#A Topographical Dictionary of Wales|A Topographical Dictionary of Wales]]'', London, 1849 [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/wales online version]</ref> Rhys and Bleddyn sought to use this to their advantage, by attacking Bernard while the new castle was unfinished, but at the subsequent [[Battle of Brecon]], in April that year, Rhys and Bleddyn were killed; the Welsh Annales{{clarify|date=November 2019}}{{Fix|text=can't be the Annales Cambriae as those were written earlier}} clearly state that Rhys was killed "by the French who were inhabiting Brycheiniog" (which also implies that the kingdom of Brycheiniog had been destroyed by this point).
The lands of Brycheiniog became Bernard's [[Lordship of Brecknock]], ruled by his descendants for many years.<ref name="NSW">{{cite web | last = Nelson | first = Lynn H. | title = The Normans in South Wales | work = Carrie: A Full-Text Electronic Library | url = http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/nelson/index.html | year = 1966 | accessdate = 2007-08-21}}</ref> Bernard confined Bleddyn's eldest son, Gwrgan, in Brecon Castle (though Gwrgan was allowed to travel elsewhere, if accompanied by Bernard's knights); nevertheless, Bernard gave Gwrgan, and his brother, some lands within Bernard's Lordship, to sustain their dignity.<ref name="TDW2" />
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