Hywel Dda ap Cadell

Abt 887 - 950  (63 years)

• Name	Hywel Dda ap Cadell
  Born	Abt 887	Castle Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Name	Hywel the Good
  Died	950
  Person ID	I2103	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Cadell ap Rhodri,   b. Abt 861, Caer Seiont, Ceredigion, Carnarvonshire, Wales ,   d. 910  (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rheingar,   b. Abt 865, Castle Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elen verch Llywarch,   b. Abt 893, Dyfed, Wales ,   d. 943  (Age 50 years)
  Children	1. Owain ap Hywel,   b. Abt 913, Castle Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales ,   d. Between 987 and 988  (Age 74 years)  [natural]   2. Angharad verch Hywel,   b. Abt 920, Castle Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2025
  Family ID	F613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hywel (pronounced "Howell") Dda ("the Good") was one of the great Welsh princes. He ruled Dyfed, Seisyllwg and Gwynedd and was the founder of the kingdom of Deheubarth. Deheubarth was the most powerful of the kingdoms of south Wales. It was formed in the thenth century by the marriage of Hywel Dda of Seisyllwg to Elen of Dyfed and subsequently extended into Breichinoig. The Welsh 'Brut' called him "the head and glory of all the Britons". He acknowledged the overlordship of Edward the Elder and Athelstan of England and was on close terms with them.