See also:

• ROWEL (from O. Fr. rouel or roel, dim. of roue, Lat. rota, wheel)

ROWEL DDA (" the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good ") (d. 950)  , See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of Deheubarth (See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Central See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales) from before 915, and See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Wales from 943 to 950, was the See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of Rhodri Mawr (the See also:

• GREAT

Great), who had See also:

• UNITED

united practically the whole of Wales under his supremacy . As Idwal Voel succeeded his See also:

• FATHER

father Anarawd, the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder son of Rhodri, as See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of Gwynedd in 915, SO Howel at sometime before that date succeeded Rhodri's younger son Cadell as prince of Deheubarth . Howel married Elen, daughter of the last king of Dyfed, and also added Kidweli and Gwyr to his dominions, while on the See also:

• DEATH

death of Idwal., who was slain by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English in 943, he took See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of Gwynedd . Both these princes had done See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage to the English See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, See also:

• EDWARD

Edward the Elder and Aethelstan, in 922 and 926, and we find that Howel attended the witans of the English See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom and witnessed about ten charters between the years 931 and 949 . He was secure, therefore, from attack on the eastern See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of his kingdom, and it is not certain whether he was engaged in any of the battles recorded during these years in Wales, either in M6n 914, at Dinas Newydd 919 or at Brun 935 . To the peaceful See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of his reign is probably due the high See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place which he holds among the Welsh princes . From 943 to 950 Howel Dda was probably ruler of all Wales except Powys (apparently dependent on See also:

• MERCIA

Mercia), Brecheiniog, Buallt, Gwent and Morgannwg . With See also:

• MORGAN
• MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

Morgan See also:

• HEN

Hen, king of Morgannwg, Howel had a dispute which was eventually settled in favour of the former at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of the English king . Howel died in 950, and such unity as he had preserved at once disappeared in a See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war between his sons and those of Idwal Voel . The See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code of See also:

• LAWS

laws attributed to this prince is perhaps his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief claim to fame . He is said to have summoned four men from each cantref in his dominions to the Ty See also:

• GWYN, NELL [ELEANOR] (1650-1687)

Gwyn (perhaps Whitland in Caermarthenshire) to codify existing See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom . Three codes, accordingly called Venedotian,Demetian and Gwentian, are said to have been written down by Bleggwryd, See also:

• ARCHDEACON (Lat. archidiaconus, Gr. &oxt3tauovor)

archdeacon of See also:

• LLANDAFF

Llandaff (see WELSH LAws) ..

See See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Rhys and Brynmor-See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones, The Welsh See also:

• PEOPLE

People (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1900) ; and See also:

• ANEURIN, or ANEIRIN

Aneurin See also:

• OWEN, JOHN (1616-1683)
• OWEN, JOHN [OVENUS Or AUDOENUS] (c. 1560-1622)
• OWEN, ROBERT (1771-1858)
• OWEN, SIR HUGH (1804-1881)
• OWEN, SIR RICHARD (1804–1892)

Owen, See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient Laws and Institutions of Wales (London, 1841) .