• General Notes

  [SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]
  
  Under his & his grandfather Rhodri the Great's leadership, a
  Welsh state emerged.
  His reign was remarkable for its peacefulness.
  
  On a visit to Rome, he became a student of jurisprudence.
  Developed a code of laws that was the basis for all Welsh law
  for centuries.
  Three parts of his code are still found in English Common Law.
  Called "the head and glory of all the Britons" for his wisdom &
  justice.
  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. (REF:  MFHOWELLJR@@aol.com
  (HOWELL-L@@rootsweb.com, Howell readers group)
  A prince of Southern Wales.

Details of Hywel 'Dda' ap Cadell's family with Elen verch Llywarch