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   1. Abbrev: Pedigrees & Progress
      Title: Sir Anthony Wagner, Pedigrees & Progress
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      Page: Pedigree 48, p. 207
      Text: Parents not shown
   2. Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who
      Title: Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 (7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992)ame to America bef 1760ame to America bef 1760. 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992.
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      Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6

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      J.H. Garner
      Page: line 176 p 151, line 176A pp 151-152
   3. Abbrev: Pullen010502.FTW
      Title: Pullen010502.FTW
      Note:
      Call number:
      Text: Date of Import: Jan 5, 2002
   4. Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who
      Title: Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 (7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992)ame to America bef 1760ame to America bef 1760. 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992.
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      Call number:

      Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6

      good to very good

      J.H. Garner
      Page: line 176A pp 151-152
      Text: of age 1051
   5. Abbrev: Pedigrees & Progress
      Title: Sir Anthony Wagner, Pedigrees & Progress
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      Page: Pedigree 48, p. 207
      Text: d ca 1062
   6. Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who
      Title: Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 (7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992)ame to America bef 1760ame to America bef 1760. 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992.
      Note:
      Call number:

      Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6

      good to very good

      J.H. Garner
      Page: line 1B p 6, line 176A pp 151-152
      Text: line 1B says d 1059, line 176A says d shortly aft 1062, no place
   7. Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who
      Title: Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 (7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992)ame to America bef 1760ame to America bef 1760. 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992.
      Note:
      Call number:

      Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6

      good to very good

      J.H. Garner
      Page: line 176A pp 151-152
      Text: marriage of AElfgar to Aelfgifu (Unknown), 3 known sons & 1 daughter  Morcar Burgheard 0975 - 1057 Leofric Mercia 82 82 Sources:
Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who
Title: Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 (7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992)ame to America bef 1760ame to America bef 1760. 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992.
Note:
Call number:

Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6

good to very good

J.H. Garner
Page: line 176 p 151, line 176A pp 151-152
Text: s of Leofwine, no title, no mother
Abbrev: Pullen010502.FTW
Title: Pullen010502.FTW
Note:
Call number:
Text: Date of Import: Jan 5, 2002
Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who
Title: Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 (7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992)ame to America bef 1760ame to America bef 1760. 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992.
Note:
Call number:

Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6

good to very good

J.H. Garner
Page: line 176A pp 151-152
Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who
Title: Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 (7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992)ame to America bef 1760ame to America bef 1760. 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992.
Note:
Call number:

Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6

good to very good

J.H. Garner
Page: line 176A pp 151-152
Text: m by 1030, possibly her 2nd m, one known child
1010 - 1067 Godgifu of Coventry 57 57 [Pullen010502.FTW]

Godiva, Lady (flourished about 1040-80), Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, wife of Leofric, earl of Mercia (flourished 1005-57). She is known to have persuaded her husband to found monasteries at Coventry (1043) and Stow. According to legend, she obtained a reduction in the excessive taxes levied by her husband on the people of Coventry by consenting to ride naked through the town on a white horse. Only one person disobeyed her orders to remain indoors behind closed shutters; this man, a tailor known afterward as Peeping Tom, peered through a window and immediately became blind. The oldest form of the legend is in the 13th-century Flores Historiarum (Flowers of the Historians). A festival in her honor was instituted as part of Coventry Fair in 1678.

Source: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, p G235. 'Godiva, Lady,' Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1993
Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1993 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation


# Note:

    This is the famous Lady Godiva. She complained constantly to her husband that the taxes were too high on the townspeople of Coventry. He finally said that he would reduce the taxes if she would ride nude through the marketplace on market day. She arranged for all of the men to remain inside and covered her entire body, except her legs, with her hair. Supposedly one person named Tom did not remain inside during her ride and became known as "Peeping Tom". Leofric eliminated all taxes, except for one on horses. During Edward I's reign, a check was made and the only tax in Coventry was one on horses. Since 1678 the town of Coventry still celebrates the ride during its annual fair.

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    Concerning her dates of birth and death. I originally had 980-1067, but this was not in agreement with Ancestral Roots line 176a-2, which has her birth at c1010 and her marriage at c1030. Nor was it consistant with the Encyclopedia Britannica which had Godiva fl. 1040-1080. However the 980 birth date was consistant with her gr grandaughter Nesta b. c1055/7, dau of Edith, dau of Aelfgar, son of Godiva. With some serious scrunching of dates I could conceive of:

Godiva b. 1010 (originally 980)
Aelfgar b. 1025 (originally 1002)
Edith b. 1041 (originally 1030)
Nesta b. 1057

with two other daughters of Leofric born to a "first wife or mistress". It is physically possible for 3 generations in a row born at the 15/16th year of their parents life (however unlikely), so that is what I have done.

date of death [of Godiva, which at the time was 10 Sep 1067]]
Warwickshire - the Domesday Book in 1086

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    Perhaps one of the most famous early personalities of the period was Lady Godiva (Godwa or Godgifu) who allegedly rode naked the streets of Coventry in Warwickshire as a protest against her husband's high taxes on the people of the city. This husband, Earl Leofric, a Saxon Earl of Mercia, died an old man in 1057, nine years before the Norman Conquest. They seemingly had issue, at least one daughter, who married into the Malet family. 29 years after her husband's death, Lady (Countess) Godiva held many estates in Warwickshire, including Coventry, as revealed by the Domesday Book in 1086. Chronologically, either Leofric had married a child bride, or Lady Godivawas a very old woman at the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086. The former is the most likely. The lordships bestowed on Lady Godiva in Warwickshire by William the Conqueror in 1066 were considerable, probably the result of an alliance struck either with Leofric or Lady Godiva before the Conquest. Since, Lady Godiva was a wealthy woman in 1057, and still wealthy after the Conquest, it is not likely she displayed herself in protest after that date, since she would have been protesting her own taxation. She apparently inherited her lands and titles in 1057. Therefore, the event in question probably took place, if at all, several years before 1057, when, young and innocent, the impatient and passionate Lady Godiva, appalled by her aging husband's despotic ways, leapt on her nag and took to the streets of Coventry in all her naked glory, perhaps too young to realize that within a few short years she would be in full control of all the taxation of her husband's considerable holdings at the time of his death, holdings which she carried through to at least 1086. [Ref: ]

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# Note: Also the Encyclopædia Britannica lists "fl. c. 1040, -80"

Other refs:
aka: Gogdifu [Dict of Brit History p153-4, Ency Britannica]

Godiva's ancestry is uncertain, but she was evidently of an old, noble family. [Ref: Weis AR7 176A]

sister of Thorold of Buckingham, sheriff of Lincs [Ref: Weis AR7 176A, Watney 673] Turold the Sheriff [Ref: KeatsRohan Lucy]

Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 176a-2

Text: Sister of Thorold - not daughter.Godiva's gr grandchild Nesta is born c 1055/7. That requires very exact birth dates of all generations between.This marriage date is incompatible, given that their great grandchild Nesta was born about 1055/7.
 1004 - 1080 Hereward Mercia 76 76 Hereward, Mercian Thegn, who led the Anglo-Saxon resistence to William I (The Conqueror) 1071 and who apparently got back his pre-conquest lands at Witham, Barholm, and Rippingale about the time of the Domesday Suvey 1086. [Burke's Peerage]

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Harold de Wake or Herwaldus or Hewaldus, as it is observed by Dr. Patrick, was the first who gave rise to the name of Wake, and was surnamed de Wake or le Wake. He was one of the bravest heroes of his age and country, whose actions are celebrated by Ingulphus; and was the last who submitted to William, the Conqueror.

Sources for Wake and Stuteville Descendents:
Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages, pp. 563, 433, 372, 278, 447, 598.
Burke's Royal Families of England, Scotland and Waies, pp. xxxiv-v-vi,
Part 2, p. vi.
Lipscomb's History and Atiquities of Buckinghamshire, Vol. 4, pp. 125/6.
Metcalf's Visitation of Northamptonshire, pp. 52/3.
Bank's Dormant and Extinct Baronage, Vol. 3, pp. 174/5, 440/1.
Clutterbuck's History of Hertfordshire, Vol. 3, pp. 287/8.

 0950 - 1028 Leofwine 78 78 0950 Alwara of Mercia 0921 Edulph of Wessex Sources:

   1. Abbrev: Pullen010502.FTW
      Title: Pullen010502.FTW
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      Text: Date of Import: Jan 5, 2002  0905 Elfwina of Mercia 0910 Ordgar 0923 Wulfrith Leofric II D. 0870 Alfgar II D. 0830 Alfgar D. 0757 Leofric I 0870 - 0912 Aethelred of Ealdorman 42 42 0854 - 0883 Ceowulf 29 29 0925 Athelstan Mannesson 0955 Thorold of Buckingham Sources:
Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who
Title: Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 (7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992)ame to America bef 1760ame to America bef 1760. 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992.
Note:
Call number:

Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6

good to very good

J.H. Garner
Page: line 176A pp 151-152
Text: brother of, NOT father of, Lady Godiva
Abbrev: Pullen010502.FTW
Title: Pullen010502.FTW
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Text: Date of Import: Jan 5, 2002
Beatrice Malet 0968 - 1016 Ethelred of England 48 48 Ethelred II, called The Unready (968?-1016), Anglo-Saxon king of England (978-1016), son of King Edgar and half brother of Edward the Martyr. His reign was marked by bitter military struggles. After negotiating a treaty with Richard II, duke of Normandy (reigned about 996-1026), Ethelred married Richard's sister Emma. This marriage provided the basis for the subsequent Norman claim to the English throne. Although Ethelred paid tribute to the plundering Danes, Sweyn I (the Forkbeard), king of Denmark, invaded England in 1013 and proclaimed himself king. In 1014 Ethelred fled to Normandy (Normandie) but returned a few months later upon Sweyn's death. Sweyn's son and successor, Canute II, invaded the country a year later and, following Ethelred's death, became king of England. Ethelred's sobriquet, “The Unready,” is a corruption of the Old English unraed,”bad counsel,” which is a reference to his misfortunes.

© 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Ethelred II (Old English: Æþelred), known as the Unready (968-1013 and 1014-1016), was a King of England.

According to William of Malmesbury, Ethelred defecated in the baptismal font as a child, which led St. Dunstan to prophesize that the English monarchy would be overthrown during Ethelred's reign.

Ethelred succeeded to the throne aged 10 following the death of his father King Edgar and subsequent murder of his half-brother Edward the Martyr. His nickname "The Unready" does not mean that he was ill-prepared, but derives from the Anglo-Saxon unræd meaning without counsel. This is also a pun on his name, the Anglo-Saxon form of his name, Æþelred, which means "Well advised".

Ethelred had at least sixteen children from two marriages, the second of these, in 1002, being to Emma of Normandy, whose great-nephew, William I of England, would later use this relationship as the basis of his claim on the throne.

He attempted to buy off the Vikings by payment of what was to become known as Danegeld; he had little choice in the matter since he was unable to place any trust in his generals.

In 1013, Ethelred fled to Normandy, seeking protection by his brother-in-law, Robert of Normandy, when England was over-run by Svein Haraldsson of Denmark and his forces. He returned in February, 1014, following the death of Svein Haraldsson. Ethelred died on April 23, 1016, in London, where he was buried. He was succeeded by his son, Edmund II of England. 0965 Eadgyth 0930 - 1002 Wulfrun 72 72 D. 0943 Wulfrun 0978 - 1075 Cynfyn ap Gwerystan 97 97 0982 Angharad verch Maredudd ANGHARAD VERCH MEREDITH, Princess of Powys, who married, first, Llewelyn ap Sitsyllt, Prince of Powys, in right of his wife, and of North and South Wales, by usurpation; assumed the Sovereignty of Wales about 1013 and died 1021. Anderson says he succeeded Aedan ap Blegorad as Prince of North Wales 1015, then Prince of South Wales, and was slain 1021. She married, second, Confyn ap Gwerystan, a noble of Powys, who became Prince of Powys in right of his wife.
(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 182)
 1000 - 1070 Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn 70 70 1025 - 1075 Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 50 50 Bleddyn was the son of Cynfyn ap Gwerstan of the princely house of Mathrafal, and Angharad, daughter of Maredudd ab Owain of the Dinefwr dynasty of Deheubarth. Bleddyn was married to Hear of Powys. When Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was killed by his own men after being defeated by Harold Godwinson in 1063, his realm was divided among several princes. Bleddyn and his brother Rhiwallon submitted to Harold and from him received Gwynedd and Powys. K.L. Maund is of the opinion that Bleddyn ruled Gwynedd and Rhiwallon Powys. In 1067 Bleddyn and Rhiwallon joined with the Mercian Eadric the Wild in an attack on the Normans at Hereford, then in 1068 allied with Earl Edwin of Mercia and Earl Morcar of Northumbria in another attack on the Normans.

Bleddyn was challenged by the two sons of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, but defeated them at the battle of Mechain in 1070, one being killed and the other dying of exposure after the battle. Bleddyn's brother Rhiwallon was also killed in this battle, and he ruled Gwynedd and Powys alone until his death. He was killed in 1075 by Rhys ab Owain of Deheubarth and the nobility of Ystrad Tywi in South Wales, a killing which caused much shock throughout Wales. When Rhys ab Owain was defeated in battle and forced to become a fugitive by Bleddyn's cousin and successor as king of Gwynedd, Trahaearn ap Caradog in 1078 and killed by Caradog ap Gruffydd of Gwent shortly afterwards, this was hailed as "vengeance for the blood of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn".

He was responsible for a revision of Welsh law in the version used in Gwynedd. After his death Gwynedd was seized by Trahaearn ap Caradog and later recovered for the line of Rhodri the Great by Gruffydd ap Cynan, but in Powys Bleddyn was the founder of a dynasty which lasted until the end of the 13th century.
(Wikipedia)
 1027 Nest verch Cynfyn 0954 - 1005 Gwerystan ap Gwaithford 51 51 0954 Nest verch Cadell 1024 Goronwy ap Ednowain 1005 1040 Lucy Beatrice of Mercia 1025 - 1086 Aeldgyth of Mercia 61 61 0869 - 0919 Aethelflaeda of Mercia 50 50 0947 - 1000 Aelfrthryth of Devon 53 53 1005 0938 - 0999 Maredydd ap Owain 61 61 MEREDITH AP OWEN who succeeded Cadwallon ap Jevaf as Prince of North Wales 986 and his father as Prince of South Wales and Powis 987; lost North Wales to Edwal ap Meyric 992 and died 1003.
(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 182)

Maredudd ap Owain (died 999) was a Prince of Gwynedd and of Deheubarth.
Maredydd was the grandson of Hywel Dda. His father, Owain ap Hywel Dda, was king of Deheubarth. As Owain grew too old to lead in battle his son Maredydd took his place, and in 986 captured Gwynedd from Cadwallon ab Ieuaf. On Owain's death in 988 Maredydd also became ruler of Deheubarth. He may have controlled all Wales apart from Gwent and Morgannwg.
He is recorded as raiding Mercian settlements on the borders of Radnor and as paying a ransom of one penny a head to rescue some of his subjects who had been taken captive in Viking raids. Danish raids were a constant problem during Maredudd's reign. In 987 Godfrey Haroldson raided Anglesey, killing one thousand and carrying away two thousand as captives. Maredudd died in 999 and was described by the annalists as "the most famous king of the Britons". Following his death, the throne of Gwynedd was recovered for the line of Idwal Foel by Cynan ap Hywel.
(Wikipedia)
 0963 Rhys ap Maredudd 0966 Cadwallon ap Maredudd 0972 Lleucu verch Maredydd Sources:

   1. Title: Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400
      Author: Peter Clement Bartrum
      Publication: 8 Vols. Cardiff, 1974, microfiche edition, 1980
      Page: p.42  0913 - 0988 Owain ap Hywel Dda 75 75 Owen took the rule of Cardigan and succeeded to the chief dominion of South Wales. He died 987. His 1st wife's name is unknown, and the 2nd was Anghared. By the 1st he had Einon and Cadwallon, and by the 2nd Meredith, Prince of All Wales, died 998, and Llymarch, died 986.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 801)

OWEN AP HOWEL who succeeded his father as Prince of South Wales and Powis 948 and died 987; married Angharad Verch Llewellyn, Princess of Powys, daughter of Llewellyn ap Mervyn who was excluded from his crown by his uncle Cadell (or Cadelh) and his cousin Howel Dha. Llewellyn ap Mervyn was son of Mervyn ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Wales.
(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 182)

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Sources:

   1. Title: Early Welsh Geneaological Tracts
      Author: Peter C. Bartrum
      Publication: Cardiff, 1960
0918 Angharad verch Llewelyn 0933 - 0984 Einion ap Owain 51 51 0935 Cadwallon ap Owain 0940 Llywarch ap Owain 0942 Iestyn ap Owain his son Rhydderch ap Iestyn (died 1033) was king of Gwent and Morgannwg in south Wales and later took over the kingdom of Deheubarth and controlled Powys.
(Wikipedia)

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Sources:

   1. Title: Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400
      Author: Peter Clement Bartrum
      Publication: 8 Vols. Cardiff, 1974, microfiche edition, 1980
      Page: Rhydderch ap Iestyn 1
   2. Repository:

      Title: Dictionary of National Biography
      Author: Ed by Sir Leslie S
      Publication: George Smith, Oxford Press, Vols 1-21 (Orignially published 1885-90)
      Page: VIII:751, just Iestin
0880 - 0950 Hywel ap Cadell 70 70 He is listed amongst the kings of Gwynedd. He is remembered as one of the most successful native Welsh rulers prior to the Norman Conquest. As a result of his reign, Wales ended the 10th century with a set of codified laws considerably more sophisticated than those of contemporary England.
Howell was born in around 880, the younger son of Cadell ap Rhodri, himself the son of Rhodri the Great. In 905, Cadell, having conquered Dyfed, gave it to his son to rule on his behalf. Howell was able to consolidate his position by marrying Elen, whose father had ruled Dyfed until his death. Following his father's death in 909, he acquired a share of Seisyllwg, and on his brother's death in 920, he merged Dyfed and Seisyllwg, creating for himself a new kingdom, which became known as Deheubarth. Following the death of his cousin Idwal Foel in 942, he also seized the principality of Gwynedd, becoming ruler of about three-quarters of present-day Wales.
Howell's reign, uncharacteristically for the time, was a peaceful one, and he achieved an understanding with Athelstan of England. Such was the relationship between the neighbouring countries that Howell was able to mint his own coinage in the English city of Chester. He was the only Welsh ruler ever to produce coinage. His study of the English legal system and his visit to Rome in 928 (on a pilgrimage) combined to enable him to formulate advanced ideas about government. (He would possibly have a chance to meet either of the Popes John X, Leo VI and Stephen VIII who were active during that year).

The conference held at Whitland in about 945, was a kind of parliament in which Welsh law was codified and set down in writing for posterity, much of the work being done by the celebrated clerk, Blegywryd. Following Howell's death, his kingdom was soon split into three. Gwynedd was reclaimed by the sons of Idwal Foel, while Deheubarth was divided between Hywel's sons. However, his legacy endured in the form of his enlightened laws, which remained in active use throughout Wales until the conquest.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
 0893 - 0943 Elen verch Llywarch 50 50 0912 Angharad verch Hywel 0914 Maredydd ap Hywel 0916 Rhodri ap Hywel 0917 Gwenllian verch Hywel 0919 Rhain ap Hywel 0922 Dyfnwal ap Hywel 0923 Edwin ap Hywel 0925 Cynan ap Hywel 0926 Einion ap Hywel 0861 - 0909 Cadell ap Rhodri 48 48 Cadell, the 2nd son of Rhodri Mawr, succeeded to the Kingdom of South Wales, which was called Deheubarth, their residence being Dynevor or Dmasvawr, the Great Palace. The fatal policy of Roderick in dividing his dominions soon became apparent from the conduct of his sons. For in 892/3 we find Anarawd uniting with the English against his brother Cadell; when they invaded his territory and devastated the country of Cardigan and the vale of Towy. And again we find Cadell, Prince of South Wales, taking forcible possession of Powis on the death of his brother Mervyn in 901. Cadell died in 907, leaving three sons: Howell Dha, i. e., Howell, the Good, Meyric and Clydawc, of whom the latter was killed by his brother Meyric about 917.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 800)

CADELH who became Prince of South Wales 877; took Powys from his brother Merfyn.
(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 181)
 0865 Rheingar 0889 Meurig ap Cadell 0891 Clydog ap Cadell 0867 - 0909 Llywarch ap Hyfaidd 42 42 Llywarch ap Hyfaidd (?-904) was the king of Dyfed until its conquest in 904/905 by Cadell ap Rhodri and his son, Hywel Dda. Kingship passed briefly to his brother, Rhodri, until rule was consolidated by Hywel. Hywel married Llywarch's daughter, Elen, to legitimise his claim to the throne.
(Wikipedia)
 0820 - 0893 Hyfaidd ap Bleiddig 73 73 Rhodri ap Hyfaidd 0790 Bleiddig 0794 Tangwystl verch Owain 0880 Llywelyn ap Merfyn 0859 - 0901 Merfyn ap Rhodri 42 42 0887 Tryffin ap Merfyn 0889 Iarddur ap Merfyn 0891 Afandreg verch Merfyn 1004 verch Gwerystan 0933 Gwaithfoed ap Gwynnan 0930 Morfydd verch Ynyr ferch Cynfyn Gwenfyn Denis ferch Cynfyn 0928 Cadell ap Brochwel 1030 Erminhild Mercia 0982 Lleuki verch Gwerystan 0988 Gurganny ap Gwerystan 0995 Letitia ferch Gwerystan 0962 Gwyn verch Gwaithfoed 0968 Neiniad ap Gwaethfoed 0900 Gwynnan ap Gwynano 0880 Gwynano Barbsuch ap Lles Llawuedawc 0850 Lles Llawuedawc ap Ceidau 0885 Caradog ap Lles 0827 Ceidau ap Coryf 0785 Coryf Eorf ap Caenawg 0765 Caenawg Gawr ap Tegonwy 0900 Ynyr ap Dyfnwal 0910 Joyce de Baladon 0870 Dyfnwal ap Dyfed 0902 Dyfnwal ap Dyfnwal 0880 Hamelin de Baladon 0978 Eleanor ferch Gwerystan 0950 Elystan ap Gwaithfoed 0996 - 1070 Ednowain ap Cynan 74 74 1000 Gwerfyl verch Llydocca 1022 Madog ap Ednowain 1026 Blettrws ap Ednowain 1028 Rotpert ap Ednowain 1030 Maredydd ap Ednowain 1032 Ceinfryd verch Ednowain 1035 Gwyn ap Ednowain 1040 Gruffydd ap Ednowain 0771 Owain ap Maredydd 1044 - 1105 Owain Tegaingl ap Edwin 61 61 0995 Aelfgifu Saxe- Wessex Parents Ethelred II (The Unready) and Elfreda Gunnarsson?
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I47528&style=TABLE 0887 - 0948 Hywed Dha de Wales 61 61 0993 Ecgfrida Generated by GenoPro®. Click here for details.