Hywel 'Dda' ap Cadell Prince of Deheubarth 
Hywel 'Dda' ap Cadell was born in 0887 in of Deheubarth, Wales.1 Hywel 'Dda' ap Cadell's father was Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr King of South Wales and his mother was Rheingar (of Deheubarth). His paternal grandparents were Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn the Prince of Wales and Angharad verch Meurig. He was an only child. He died at the age of 63 in 0950.1 General Notes
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REF: MFHOWELLJR@@aol.com (HOWELL-L@@rootsweb.com, Howell readers group): Present Welsh, English and American Howells derive from the old Welsh family of Abernent in Carmarthenshire, the linage and name deriving from Hywel Dda the King of Wales from 943 to 950. He was grandson of Rhodri Mawr, the Great, who united almost all of ancient Wales under his supremacy. He (Hywel Dda I presume) was married to Ellen, daughter of the last of the Kings of Dyfed. The reign of Howel Dda was remarkable for its peacefulness, and is the only ruler of ancient Wales designated "The Good". He was also the only King ever to issue his own coinage. On a visit to Rome in 928, became a student of jurisprudence, and the code of laws he composed is his lasting claim to fame. Three parts of his code are still found in English Common Law. He was such a wise and just man that he was called "the head and glory of all the Britons." There is a place today in Wales called Crickhowell, which is considered to be either his home and/or pob.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0738 d.0825
- b.0784 d.BET. 843 - 844 in Battle Of Cyfeil, Ketell, Wales
- b.0745 d.BET. 817 - 818
- b.0770 in of Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales
- b.0809 in of Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales d.0878 in Anglesey, Wales
- b.0740 in of Powys, Wales d.0808
- b.0780 in of Powys, Wales
- b.0861 in of Deheubarth, Wales d.0910
- b.0730 in of Ceredigion, Wales
- b.0755 in of Ceredigion, Wales
- b.0780 in of Ceredigion, Wales
- b.0825 in of Ceredigion, Wales
- b.0887 in of Deheubarth, Wales d.0950
- b.0865 in of Carmarthenshire, Wales
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Details of Hywel 'Dda' ap Cadell's family with Elen verch Llywarch
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Further sources/citations:
Royal Genealogies DB, large-G675.FTW, soc.genealogy.medieval, Royal Genealogies DB, The Reckoning, Falls the Shadow, Here Be Dragons
Further sources/citations:
Royal Genealogies DB, large-G675.FTW, soc.genealogy.medieval, Royal Genealogies DB, The Reckoning, Falls the Shadow, Here Be Dragons
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