Hywel, King of Wales, -950
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Name (Latin)
Hywel, King of Wales, -950
Other forms of name
Howel, Dda, -950
Howel, the Good, -950
Hywel ap Cadell, -950
Hywel, Dda, Brenin Cymru, -950
Hywel, Dda, -950
Hywel, Welsh king, -950
Hywel, the Good, -950
Howel, Welsh king, -950
Howel, Welsh king, d. 950
Hywel, Welsh king, d. 950
Howel, Dda, d. 950
Howel, the Good, d. 950
Hywel, Dda, d. 950
Date of birth
0880
Date of death
0950
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Legislation
Occupation
Kings and rulers
Legislators
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Cyfarwyddyd i Ardd Goffa Hywel Dda, 1984:cover (Hywel Dda Brenin Cymru [Hywel Dda King of Wales])
- Dictionary of Welsh biography WWW site, viewed 30 November 2016(Hywel Dda = Hywel the Good ; king and legislator ; he is the only Welsh prince to have been called 'the Good' ; was born towards the end of the 9th cent. but the place of his birth is unknown)
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography WWW site, viewed 11 August 2017(Hywel Dda)
- Wikipedia, viewed 30 November 2016(Hywel Dda or Hywel ap Cadell (c.880-950) ; he was a King of Deheubarth who eventually came to rule most of Wales)
- The Law of Hywel Dda, 1986:pref. (King Hywel the Good; d. 949 or 50)
- Enc. Brit. 15th ed.(Howel Dda, also called Hywel the Good (d. A.D. 950); called "King of all Wales")
- Chambers's enc., c1967(Howel, called the Good, d. 950, Welsh king)
- DNB(Howel Dda, that is, Howel the Good, d. 950, most famous of the early Welsh kings; just one of many Welsh kings of the period)