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Hywel "Ddu\The Good" Ap CADELL, King Of Wales

Hywel "Ddu\The Good" Ap CADELL, King Of Wales[1, 2]

Male 887 - 950  (63 years)

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  • Name Hywel "Ddu\The Good" Ap CADELL  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Suffix King Of Wales 
    Nickname Ddu\The Good 
    Born 887  Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID L134-D1P 
    Name Ddu\The Good 
    Name Hywel "Dda" Ap CADELL 
    _UID 1596A6826A144DB1B59CE7BC645B4A1C682A 
    Died 950  [3, 4, 7, 8, 9
    Person ID I11701  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2022 

    Father Cadell Ap RHODRI, Prince Of Deheubarth,   b. Abt 861, Deheubarth, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 910  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Rheingar UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 865, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F7399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elen Verch LLYWARCH,   b. 890, Dyfed, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 943  (Age 53 years) 
    Married Abt 904  [6, 8
    Children 
     1. Angharad Verch HYWEL,   b. Abt 907, Dynev, Llan, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 944, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years)
     2. Owain Ap HYWEL, King Of Deheubarth,   b. 913, Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 989, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Maredydd Ap Hywel Prince Of WALES,   b. Abt 914, Of Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Rhodri Ap Hywell Prince Of WALES,   b. Abt 916, Of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 951, Battle-Llanrwst, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years)
     5. Gwenllian Verch Hywel Princess Of WALES,   b. Abt 917, Of Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Rhain Ap HYWEL,   b. Abt 919, Of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 948  (Age ~ 28 years)
     7. Dyfnwal Ap HYWEL,   b. Abt 922, Of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 951, Battle-Llanrwst, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years)
     8. Edwin Ap HYWEL,   b. Abt 923, Of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 954  (Age ~ 31 years)
     9. Cynan Ap HYWEL,   b. Abt 925, Of Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Einion Ap HYWEL,   b. Abt 926, Of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F5913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Hywell "Ddu" ("The Good"), King of Wales. [Burke's Peerage]

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      The following is an excerpt from a post to SGM, 15 Mar 2003, by Leo van de Pas:

      From: "Leo van de Pas" ([email protected])
      Subject: Re: Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr
      Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
      Date: 2003-03-15 22:24:27 PST

      According to Burke's Guide to the Royal Family (pages 323 and 324) the father is your nr.2 but here he is Tewdwr ap Cadell.

      Hywel Dda (dda = the Good)
      King of All Wales
      succeeded as King of Dyfed jure uxoris ca.904. King of Seiswyllwg 909, king of Gwynedd 942. He did homage to King Edward the Elder in 918 and to King Athelstan in 926. Went on a pilgrimage to Rome in 928, was the only Welsh ruler to mint his own coinage of silver pennies. Married circa 904, Elen, daughter and heiress of Llywarch ap Hyfaidd, King of Dyfedd, and died in 950, leaving issue

      Rhodri, died 953
      Edwin, died 954
      Owain

  • Sources 
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    3. [S216] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, UK-Wales Macropaedia p123 (Reliability: 3).

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    5. [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 26 May 2003., 2008 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S44] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Leo van de Pas, 15 Mar 2003 (Reliability: 3).

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