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King Hoel ( Breton: Hoel I Mawr, lit. "Hoel the Great"; Latin: Hoelus, Hovelus, Hœlus ), also known as Sir Howel, Saint Hywel and Hywel the Great, was a late 5th- and early 6th-century [1] member of the ruling dynasty of Cornouaille. He may have ruled Cornouaille jointly after the restoration of his father, Budic II of Brittany, but he seems ...
Hywel ap Cadell, commonly known as Hywel Dda, which translates to Howel the Good in English, [1] was a Welsh king who ruled the southern Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth and eventually came to rule most of Wales.
Circa 880 - 950. Hywel Dda 'the Good' is one of the outstanding figures in early Welsh history. Hywel was born in around 880, the son of King Cadell of Seisyllwg. Cadell had been appointed as King of Seisyllwg by his father, Rhodri the Great of Gwynedd, who became steward of Seisyllwg following the death by drowning in 872 of his brother-in-law ...
HYWEL DDA (Hywel the Good) (died 950), king and legislator. He was generally called ' Hywel the Good, son of Cadell, prince of all Wales,' and in ' Brut y Tywysogion ' he is called ' the head and cynosure of all the Britons.'. He is the only Welsh prince to have been called 'the Good.'.
(Born c.AD 500) (Welsh: Hywel; Latin: Hovelius; English: Howel) Hoel the Great is only known from Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th century 'History of the Kings of Britain', where he appears as the son of King Budic of Brittany and the sister of the famous High-King Arthur of Britain.
May 18, 2018 · British and Irish History: Biographies. Hywel. views 1,334,535 updated May 18 2018. Hywel (d. 949/50), king of much of Wales ( c. 904–49/50), known as Hywel Dda (‘the Good’). The grandson of Rhodri Mawr, king of Gwynedd, he and his brother inherited Seisyllwg from their father Cadell. After his brother died (920), he became sole ruler.
Aug 3, 2009 · Hwyel Dda. Hywel Dda (Hywel The Good) is remembered both for being a successful ruler in bringing much of Wales under his control, and for codifying the law. Hywel Dda was the grandson of...
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