Hywell "Dda" ap Cadell 
Hywell "Dda" ap was born about 0887 in Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeisant, Caernarvon, Wales. Hywell "Dda" ap's father was Cadel "Mawr" ap Rhodri and his mother was Rheingar. His paternal grandparents were Rhodri "Mawr" Ap Merfyn and Angharad Verch Meurig. He had a brother named Clydog ap. He was the older of the two children. He died in 0950.General Notes
Hywel Dda (the Good) ap Cadell, Prince of Deheubarth, acquired the Kingdom of Dyfed on marrying Elen, the daughter of the King of Dyfed. He may have ordered the killing of his brother-in-law, Llywarch of Dyfed in order to secure the kingship of Dyfed for himself (John Davies: A History of Wales, London, 1993, pg. 87). He is remembered as "Hywel the Good" and was responsible for sponsoring a compilation of Welsh Law, making St. Davids in Dyfed the ecclesiastical centre of Wales, and for issuing the first Royal coinage of Wales. However, there is no evidence that coinage was used in any scale in Wales before the time of Hywel's grandson Maredudd ap Owain.
Disorder reigned after Hywel's death, with Viking raids and English incursions spreading havoc, which the rivalries of competing petty kings and princes did nothing to mitigate. No fewer than 35 violent deaths of rulers are recorded in the Brut y Tywsogion (Chronicle of the Princes) between 950 and the Norman Conquest.
Died in 950.
Hywel Dha (Howell the Good) Prince of South Wales. He compiled a justly famous code of laws and, after a long and peaceful reign, died in 948. He married Eleanor, daughter of the last king of Dyfed (Pembrokeshire) and ninth in descent from Cadwgan, living in 650. His daughter Ankaret and her husband Tewdwr, were grandparents of Tudor Mawr, from whom descend the Carew, Awbrey and other families.
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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.~ 0700
- b.~ 0738 in Gwynedd, Wales d.0825
- b.~ 0764 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales d.0844 in Battle Of Cyfeiliog, Ketell, Wales
- b.~ 0725 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales d.0817
- b.~ 0740 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 0725 in Flint, England
- b.~ 0789 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales d.0878 in Anglesey, Wales
- b.~ 0740 in Powys, Wales d.0808
- b.~ 0762 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0861 in Caer Seiont, Wales d.0909
- b.~ 0730 in Ceredigion, Wales
- b.~ 0755 in Ceredigion, Wales
- b.~ 0780 in Caerdigan, Wales
- b.~ 0825 in Caerdigan, Wales
- b.~ 0887 in Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeisant, Caernarvon, Wales d.0950
- b.~ 0857
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They had three sons and a daughter, named Owain Ap, Rhodri ap, Einion (Edwin) ap and Angharat ferch.
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Children
Owain Ap Hywel
Owain Ap was born about 0913 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales. He died in 0987.
Angharat ferch Hywel
Angharat ferch was born about 0914 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthen, Wales.
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