36th Generation (Continued)
Family of Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr King of South Wales (107) & Rheingar of Deheubarth

115. Hywel Dda ap Cadell Prince of Deheubarth, 31G Grandfather, M. Born in 0887 in Deheubarth, Wales. Hywel Dda ap Cadell Prince of died in 0950, he was 63.

Bartrum's "Welsh Genealogies".

Hywel inherited Seisyllwg from his father, CADELL and became ruler
of Dyfed when Llywarch ap Hyfaidd, his wife's brother died in 904. It is
possible that Hywel had Llywarch killed. To these lands, apparently
sometime around 930, he added Brycheiniog. This enlarged kingdom
became known as Dehubarth. In 942 Hywel gained control of Gwynedd
and Powys when his cousin IDWAL ab ANARAWD ap RHODRI (RIN 2582)
was killed in a revolt against Wessex. This made him ruler of all Wales
with the exception of Glamorgan in the souteast corner. Hywel, although
sovereign, was in some way subject to the overlordship of the Kingdom
of Wessex.
Hywel's crowning achievement was his codification of the laws of
Wales. It is for this that he probably was given the description "the
Good" by his descendants.
When Hywel died in 950, He passed the newly created kingdom of
Dehubarth on to his son, OWAIN. Gwynedd and Powys were returned to
the descendants of his cousin, IDWAL


Hywel Dda ap Cadell Prince of married Elen verch Llywarch of Dyfed, 31G Grandmother, F, daughter of Llywarch ap Hyfaidd King of Dyfed, M (0867-0904). Born in 0893 in Dyfed, Wales. Elen verch Llywarch of died in 0929, she was 36.

They had the following children:
123 i. Owain ap Hywel Dha King of South, M (0913-0987)
ii. Angharad verch, 34G Grandmother, F. Born in 0920 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

REFN: 13216

Angharad verch married Tudur 'Trefor' ap Ynyr, 34G Grandfather, M. Tudur 'Trefor' ap died in 0948.

REFN: 7663

REFN52033

REFN25643

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