Owain Ap Hywel Dda King Of South Wales

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Acceded: Abt 954.; Fact 1

Family/Spouse: Angharad Verch Llywelyn Queen Of Powys. Angharad (daughter of Llywelyn Ap Merfyn) was born in 918 in Of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Einion Ap Owain was born in 933 in Of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales; died in 984 in Gwent, Monmouthshire, England.
2. Maredudd Ap Owain Prince Of Deheubarth was born in 938 in Of Deheubarth, Wales; died in 999.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Acceded: 942. Only Ruler Of Ancient Wales Called "The Good".; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Under His & His Grandfather Rhodri The Great's Leadership, A Welsh State Emerged; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Reign Was Remarkable For Its Peacefulness.; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Prince Of Wales.; Fact 4
• Fact 5: On A Visit To Rome In 928, Became A Student Of Jurisprudence.; Fact 5
• Fact 6: Developed A Code Of Laws That Was The Basis For All Welsh Law For Centuries.; Fact 6
• Fact 7: Three Parts Of His Code Are Still Found In English Common Law.; Fact 7
• Fact 8: Called "The Head And Glory Of All The Britons" For His Wisdom & Justice.; Fact 8
• Name: Hywel 'Dda' Ap Cadell Prince Of Wales

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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.

Hywel married Elen Verch Llywarch, Of Dyfed. Elen (daughter of Llywarch Ap Hyfaidd King Of Dyfed) was born in 893 in Of Dyfed, Wales; died in 943. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Acceded: 878. Prince Of Deheubarth.; Fact 1
• Name: Cadell Ap Rhodri Mawr Prince Of Deheubarth

Cadell married Rheingar (Of Deheubarth). Rheingar was born in 865 in Of Carmarthenshire, Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: The Last King Of Dyfed.; Fact 1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Acceded: 844. King Of Gwynedd 844-878.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: United Much Of Modern Wales Into One Realm (Didn't Last Past His Death).; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Under His & Grandson Hywel Dda's Leadership, A Welsh State Emerged.; Fact 3
• Fact 5: They Convince Rhodri To Halt Viking Incursions Into England Via Wales.; Fact 5
• Name: Rhodri Mawr The Great King Of Gwynedd
• Fact 4: 853, Ethelwulf Of Wessex & Burghred Of Mercia Enter Wales.; Fact 4
• Fact 6: 855, Defeats Viking Invasion. Vikings Never Seriously Invade Wales Again.; Fact 6

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Rhodri Mawr, king of Gwynedd, died in 878. Although he was an important Welsh king, it is not really appropriate to call him the "first King of Wales", for there were large parts of Wales over which he did not rule. Most sources give the name of Rhodri's wife as Angharad, heiress of Ceredigion, and give his mother as Nest, heiress of Powys, but Patrick Sims-Williams [in the article "Historical Need and Literary Narrative: a Caveat from Ninth-Century Wales", Welsh History Review, vol. 17 (1994), pp. 1-40] has recently argued (conclusively, in my opinion) that neither Nest nor Angharad ever existed, and that they were inventions of later genealogists who wanted to give Rhodri's family a line of descent from the earlier kings of Powys and Ceredigion.

Died:
Battle wounds.

Rhodri married Angharad Verch Meurig. Angharad (daughter of Meurig Ap Dyfnwallon) was born in 825 in Of Ceredigion, Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Heiress Of Ceredigion.; Fact 1

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Patrick Sims-Williams [in the article "Historical Need and Literary Narrative: a Caveat from Ninth-Century Wales", Welsh History Review, vol. 17 (1994), pp. 1-40] has recently argued (conclusively, in my opinion) that neither Nest nor Angharad ever existed, and that they were inventions of later genealogists who wanted to give Rhodri's family a line of descent from the earlier kings of Powys and Ceredigion.