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Also called Hywel ap Cadell. Hywel Dda ap Cadell, Brenin Cymru also went by the name of Howel "the Good." He was born in 887 in Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales. He was the son of Brenin Seisyllwg Cadell ap Rhodri o Gwynedd and Rheingar (?). He was took over Dyfed on the death of the brother (Rhodri) of his step-father, Llwyrch, in 904. He married Elen verch Llywarch o Ddyfed, daughter of Brenin Ddyfed Llywarch ap Hyfaidd o Ddyfed, in 904. King of Dyfed in Southwest Wales, between 904 and 950. He united the kingdoms of Seisyllwg and Dyfed to become the first King of South Wales (Deheubarth) in 909. King of Seisyllwg in Southwest Wales, between 909 and 950. He shared with his brothers lands in Ceredigon and Ystrad Tywi after the death of their father, Cadell, in 910. King of Deheubarth in Wales, between 916 and 950. He was united the inheritance of his brothers into his own lands in 920. Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur 927: "In this year Hywel ap Cadell submitted to Athelstan." Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur 929: "In this year Hywel ap Cadell made pilgrimage to Rome." He was acquired Gwynedd (North Wales) after the death of Idwal Foel in 942. King of Gwynedd in Northwest Wales, between 942 and 950. Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur 945: "In this year Hywel ap Cadell ordered the laws to be codified." He was ruled from his principle court at Dinefwr in Wales. Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur 949: "In this year king Hywel Dda ap Cadell the head and glory of all the Britons died." He died in 950 at age 63 years. Annals of Ulster 950: "Hywel, king of Wales, dies. / Oel, ri Bretan, moritur." "In the perspective of the Dark Ages he was a powerful prince, and it may be that later generations borrowed his personal authority to buttress their own power." "Like his grandfather, Rhodri the Great, Hywel was given an epithet by a later generation. He became known as Hywel Dda (Hywel the Good), although it would be wrong to consider that goodness to be innocent and unblemished. In the age of Hywel, the essential attribute of a state builder was ruthlessness, an attribute which Hywel possessed, if it is true that it was he who ordered the killing of Llywarch of Dyfed, as some have claimed." http://en.wikipedia.org
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