 887 - 950 (63 years)
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| Name |
Hywel "Ddu\The Good" Ap Cadell Of Wales |
| Prefix |
King |
| Nickname |
Ddu\The Good |
| Birth |
887 |
Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
950 [2] |
| Person ID |
I71091 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
| Family |
Elen Verch Llywarch, b. 890, Dyfed, Wales d. 943 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 904 [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Angharad Verch Hywel, b. Abt 907, Dynev, Llan, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. King Owain Ap Hywel Of Deheubarth, b. 913, Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. 989 (Age 76 years) |
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| Family ID |
F31267 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
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| 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" (leovdpas@bigpond.com)
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
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| Sources |
- [S1486] Bartrum, Peter C., Bartrum (1974), (Wales, UK: University of Wales Press.), p. 42 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1625] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, UK-Wales Macropaedia p123 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1635] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - goo, Leo van de Pas, 15 Mar 2003 (Reliability: 3).
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