Hywel Dda
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10th-century Welsh king
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It sits within the topics 10th-century Welsh monarchs, 950 deaths and House of Dinefwr.
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Key facts
- Reign
- 942–950
- Predecessor
- Idwal Foel
- Successor
- Iago ab Idwal
- Spouse
- Elen ferch Llywarch (893-943)
- Issue
- Owain ap Hywel Dda Rhodri ap Hywel Edwin ap Hywel Angharad
- House
- Dinefwr
- Father
- Cadell ap Rhodri
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Wales
- Father
- Cadell ap Rhodri
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- king
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Family
- House of Dinefwr
- Image
- Laws of Hywel Dda (f.1.v) King Hywel cropped.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hywel Dda
- date of death
- 0950-00-00
- date of birth
- 0880-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Map of the extent of Hywel Dda's power Deheubarth, Hywel Dda's Kingdom Combine to form Morgannwg
Hywel ap Cadell, commonly known as Hywel Dda, which translates to Howel the Good in English, was a Welsh king who ruled the southern Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth and eventually came to rule most of Wales. He became the sole king of Seisyllwg in 920 and shortly thereafter established Deheubarth, and proceeded to gain control over the entire country from Prestatyn to Pembroke. As a grandson of Rhodri Mawr through his father Cadell, Hywel was a member of the Dinefwr branch of the dynasty. He was recorded as King of the Britons in the Annales Cambriæ and the Annals of Ulster.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hywel Dda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.