Individual Details
Cadell ap Rhodri, King of Seisyllwg
( - 909)
According to Wikipedia:
Cadell ap Rhodri (854-909) was King of Seisyllwg, a minor kingdom in southwestern Wales, from about 872 until his death.
Life
Cadell was the second son of Rhodri the Great of Gwynedd and Angharad, a princess from Seisyllwg. In 872 Angharad's brother Gwgon, King of Seisyllwg, drowned without leaving an heir. Rhodri became steward over the kingdom, and while he was unable to make a legal claim to the throne, he was able to install Cadell as king.[1]
He passed it to his son, Hywel Dda, at his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel together also conquered Dyfed in 904-905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel ruled the kingdoms jointly as Deheubarth.
See also
Kings of Wales family trees
Footnotes
Lloyd, John Edward (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 325. Retrieved July 7, 2010. Lloyd history of Wales.
References
A history of Wales from the earliest time, John Edward Lloyd, 1911
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According to Wikipedia:
Cadell ap Rhodri (854-909) was King of Seisyllwg, a minor kingdom in southwestern Wales, from about 872 until his death.
Life
Cadell was the second son of Rhodri the Great of Gwynedd and Angharad, a princess from Seisyllwg. In 872 Angharad's brother Gwgon, King of Seisyllwg, drowned without leaving an heir. Rhodri became steward over the kingdom, and while he was unable to make a legal claim to the throne, he was able to install Cadell as king.[1]
He passed it to his son, Hywel Dda, at his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel together also conquered Dyfed in 904-905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel ruled the kingdoms jointly as Deheubarth.
See also
Kings of Wales family trees
Footnotes
Lloyd, John Edward (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 325. Retrieved July 7, 2010. Lloyd history of Wales.
References
A history of Wales from the earliest time, John Edward Lloyd, 1911
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According to Wikipedia:
Cadell ap Rhodri (854-909) was King of Seisyllwg, a minor kingdom in southwestern Wales, from about 872 until his death.
Life
Cadell was the second son of Rhodri the Great of Gwynedd and Angharad, a princess from Seisyllwg. In 872 Angharad's brother Gwgon, King of Seisyllwg, drowned without leaving an heir. Rhodri became steward over the kingdom, and while he was unable to make a legal claim to the throne, he was able to install Cadell as king.[1]
He passed it to his son, Hywel Dda, at his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel together also conquered Dyfed in 904-905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel ruled the kingdoms jointly as Deheubarth.
See also
Kings of Wales family trees
Footnotes
Lloyd, John Edward (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 325. Retrieved July 7, 2010. Lloyd history of Wales.
References
A history of Wales from the earliest time, John Edward Lloyd, 1911
Cadell ap Rhodri (854-909) was King of Seisyllwg, a minor kingdom in southwestern Wales, from about 872 until his death.
Life
Cadell was the second son of Rhodri the Great of Gwynedd and Angharad, a princess from Seisyllwg. In 872 Angharad's brother Gwgon, King of Seisyllwg, drowned without leaving an heir. Rhodri became steward over the kingdom, and while he was unable to make a legal claim to the throne, he was able to install Cadell as king.[1]
He passed it to his son, Hywel Dda, at his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel together also conquered Dyfed in 904-905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel ruled the kingdoms jointly as Deheubarth.
See also
Kings of Wales family trees
Footnotes
Lloyd, John Edward (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 325. Retrieved July 7, 2010. Lloyd history of Wales.
References
A history of Wales from the earliest time, John Edward Lloyd, 1911
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According to Wikipedia:
Cadell ap Rhodri (854-909) was King of Seisyllwg, a minor kingdom in southwestern Wales, from about 872 until his death.
Life
Cadell was the second son of Rhodri the Great of Gwynedd and Angharad, a princess from Seisyllwg. In 872 Angharad's brother Gwgon, King of Seisyllwg, drowned without leaving an heir. Rhodri became steward over the kingdom, and while he was unable to make a legal claim to the throne, he was able to install Cadell as king.[1]
He passed it to his son, Hywel Dda, at his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel together also conquered Dyfed in 904-905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel ruled the kingdoms jointly as Deheubarth.
See also
Kings of Wales family trees
Footnotes
Lloyd, John Edward (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 325. Retrieved July 7, 2010. Lloyd history of Wales.
References
A history of Wales from the earliest time, John Edward Lloyd, 1911
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
According to Wikipedia:
Cadell ap Rhodri (854-909) was King of Seisyllwg, a minor kingdom in southwestern Wales, from about 872 until his death.
Life
Cadell was the second son of Rhodri the Great of Gwynedd and Angharad, a princess from Seisyllwg. In 872 Angharad's brother Gwgon, King of Seisyllwg, drowned without leaving an heir. Rhodri became steward over the kingdom, and while he was unable to make a legal claim to the throne, he was able to install Cadell as king.[1]
He passed it to his son, Hywel Dda, at his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel together also conquered Dyfed in 904-905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel ruled the kingdoms jointly as Deheubarth.
See also
Kings of Wales family trees
Footnotes
Lloyd, John Edward (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 325. Retrieved July 7, 2010. Lloyd history of Wales.
References
A history of Wales from the earliest time, John Edward Lloyd, 1911
Events
| Acceded | 878 | ||||
| Death | 909 |
Families
| Child | Hywel Dda ap Cadell, King of Deheubarth (880 - 950) |
| Father | Rhodri Mawr "The Great," King of Gwynedd (820 - 878) |
| Mother | Angharad ferch Meurig ( - ) |
| Sibling | Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Powys ( - ) |