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Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male Abt 850 - Abt 909  (59 years)


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  • Name Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr 
    Born Abt 850 
    Address:
    Deheubarth
    Deheubarth, Wales 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation King of Deheubarth (878 - 909), acceded 878; http://www.gwinslow.com/gw/reec.html 
    Died Abt 909  Anglesey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Wales
    Wales 
    Buried Abt 910 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} See Peter Bartrum, https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6516/TABLES%20-%20EARLY%20SERIES_42.png?sequence=13&isAllowed=y (May 27, 2018; Anne Brannen, curator)

      See Peter Bartrum, https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6516/TABLES%20-%20EARLY%20SERIES_41.png?sequence=14&isAllowed=y (May 27, 2018; Anne Brannen, curator)


      Please see Darrell Wolcott: Bartrum's "Pedigrees of the Welsh Tribal Patriarchs" #14 Mam Tudor Trefor; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id182.html. (Steven Ferry, September 20, 2019.)

      Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Royal Family of Powys - The "Mael Maelienydd" in Medieval Pedigrees; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id76.html. (Steven Ferry, October 21, 2019.)

      Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Royal Family of Gwynedd - Ancient Lordship of Gower; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id162.html.(Steven Ferry, January 18, 2020.)

      Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Royal Family of Gwynedd - Wikipedia's Lame Biography of Rhodri Mawr; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id165.html. (Steven Ferry, January 26, 2020.)

      Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Clan of Tudor Trevor; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id55.html. (Steven Ferry, June 30, 2020.)

      Please see Darrell Wolcott: Hywel ap Gronwy of Deheubarth; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id71.html. (Steven Ferry, July 24, 2020.)

      Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Unofficial "History" of Elystan of Powys; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id230.html. (Steven Ferry, August 12, 2020.)

      Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Men of Lleyn - How They Got There; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id118.html. (Steven Ferry, August 17, 2020.)

      Please see Darrell Wolcott: King of England Mediates Welsh Dispute; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id228.html. (Steven Ferry, August 21, 2020.)

      Please see Darrell Wolcott: Eidio Wyllt - What Was His Birthname?; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id156.html. (Steven Ferry, September 9, 2020.)

      Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Legendary Kingdom of Seisyllwg; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id123.html. (Steven Ferry, September 11, 2020.)

      Please see Darrell Wolcott: Gruffudd ap Rhys, the Homeless Prince; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id197.html. (Steven Ferry, September 14, 2020.)

      Please see Darrell Wolcott: Harleian Ms 3859; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id129.html. (Steven Ferry, March 8, 2021.)

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      Cadell ap Rhodri

      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Cadell ap Rhodri (854–909) was the son of Rhodri Mawr ("the Great"). He inherited the kingdom of Seisyllwg from his father in 878, and passed it to his son, Hywel Dda ("the Good"), on his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel had previously conquered Dyfed in 904/905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel merged the two kingdoms to establish Deheubarth.



      Cadell ap Rhodri

      Cadell was born about 0861 in Deheubarth, Wales.1 Cadell's father was Rhodri (Mawr, The Great) ap Merfyn and his mother was Angharad verch Meurig. His paternal grandparents were Merfyn (The Freckled) Frych ap Gwriad and Nest verch Cadell; his maternal grandparents were Meurig ap Dyfnwallon and . He had eight brothers and two sisters, named Anarawd, Merfyn, Aeddan, Tudwal, Meurig, Rhodri, Gwriad, Gwyddelig, Nest and Angharad. He was the third oldest of the eleven children. He died in 0909.1

      General Notes

      Cadell, the 2nd son of Rhodri Mawr, succeeded to the Kingdom of South Wales, which was called Deheubarth, their residence being Dynevor or Dmasvawr, the Great Palace. The fatal policy of Roderick in dividing his dominions soon became apparent from the conduct of his sons. For in 892/3 we find Anarawd uniting with the English against his brother Cadell; when they invaded his territory and devastated the country of Cardigan and the vale of Towy. And again we find Cadell, Prince of South Wales, taking forcible possession of Powis on the death of his brother Mervyn in 901. Cadell died in 907, leaving three sons: Howell Dha, i. e., Howell, the Good, Meyric and Clydawc, of whom the latter was killed by his brother Meyric about 917.

      (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 800)

      CADELH who became Prince of South Wales 877; took Powys from his brother Merfyn.

      (Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 181)

      Cadell ap Rhodri & Rheingar

      They had three sons named The Good, Meurig and Clydog.



      Personal Details

      Cadell ap Rhodri

      Cadell was born about 0861 in Deheubarth, Wales.1 He died in 0909.1

      Rheingar

      Rheingar was born about 0865 in Carmarthenshire, Wales.1 Rheingar is no longer alive.



      Children

      Hywel (The Good) ap Cadell

      Hywel, known as The Good, was born about 0880.1 He died in 0950.1

      Meurig ap Cadell

      Meurig was born about 0889.2

      Clydog ap Cadell

      Clydog was born about 0891.2


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      878-909 Reign

      BIOGRAPHY: CADELL. In the division of the dominion of his father he was given Deheubarth and a large part of South Wales. His brother Merfyn received Powys. He and his brothers made so much trouble for the neighboring kingdoms that they were compelled to seek help from Alfred the Great. In 893 he was attacked by his brother Anarawd, King of Gwynedd, who invaded and plundered Seisyllwg. After the death of his brother Merfyn, Cadell drove out his nephews and appropriated Powys to himself. He died about 909 and his kingdom was divided between his sons, Hywel and Clydog. In the Mostyn Manuscript No. 117 the pedigree of his distinguished descendant, Llewelyn ap Gruffyd, is traced back through Cadell to "Adam, Son of God." If the compiler did not draw on his imagination for parts of this pedigree he must have had access to records not now in existence. [Source: The Weaver Genealogy, p 44]


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      Cadell ap Rhodri (854–909) was the son of Rhodri Mawr ("the Great"). He inherited the kingdom of Seisyllwg from his father in 878, and passed it to his son, Hywel Dda ("the Good"), on his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel had previously conquered Dyfed in 904/905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel merged the two kingdoms to establish Deheubarth.



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      Cadell ap Rhodri

      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Cadell ap Rhodri (854–909) was the son of Rhodri Mawr ("the Great"). He inherited the kingdom of Seisyllwg from his father in 878, and passed it to his son, Hywel Dda ("the Good"), on his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel had previously conquered Dyfed in 904/905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel merged the two kingdoms to establish Deheubarth.

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      Name: Cadell Ap Rhodri Mawr King Of South Wales 1

      Sex: M

      Birth: ABT 861 in Deheubarth, Wales 1

      Death: ABT 910 1





      Father: Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn b: ABT 809 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales

      Mother: Angharad Verch Meurig b: ABT 825 in Ceredigion, Wales

      Marriage 1 Rheingar Of Dehelibarth b: ABT 865 in Carmarthenshire, Wales

      Children

      Hywel 'Dda' Ap Cadell b: ABT 887 in Deheubarth, Wales

      Sources:
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      Cadell ap Rhodri, was the son of Rhodri Mawr ("the Great"). He inherited the kingdom of Seisyllwg from his father in 878, and passed it to his son, Hywel Dda ("the Good"), on his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel had previously conquered Dyfed in 904/905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel merged the two kingdoms to establish Deheubarth.


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      Cadell ap Rhodri inherited the kingdom of Seisyllwg from his father in 878, and passed it to his son, Hywel Dda ("the Good"), on his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel had previously conquered Dyfed in 904/905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel merged the two kingdoms to establish Deheubarth.
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      RHODRI MAWR had unified the greater part of Wales, and his two sons who shared the rule founded medieval dynasties, ANARAWD of the house of Aberffraw in the north of Wales, and CADELL of the house of Dinefwr in the south.

      CADELL and his brother had taken over Dyfed (roughly equivalent to modern Pembrokeshire), and he held it with Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire as one unit known as Deheubarth (“the southern part”). It covered the whole of south west Wales (Maund p.45), and seven centuries later our LEIGH and NASH families lived there. CADELL also apparently asked for and received the support of king Alfred of Wessex, who having just defeated the Norsemen and united much of England, enjoyed great renown and power. This Welsh desire for support by Alfred was later construed as homage and acceptance by the Welsh kings that Alfred was overlord of Wales. As such, in later years homage was regularly demanded from all Welsh princes by the English crown. It played a crucial role for centuries in the political history of Wales and England and became a major factor in the unsuccessful Welsh effort to retain their independent kingdom (J.Davies p.85).
      The life of CADELL’S son, the next great king of Wales HYWEL DDA, who was given his unique epithet, the Good, by his descendants.
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      Ancestor of the Sovereigns of South Wales.

      Courtesy of fantastically full family tree cf.:

      Hughes of Gwerclas 1/2/3/4:

      http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/burke1/Royal%20Descents/hughesofgwerclas_1.htm

      http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/burke1/Royal%20Descents/hughesofgwerclas_2.htm

      http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/burke1/Royal%20Descents/hughesofgwerclas_3.htm

      http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/burke1/Royal%20Descents/hughesofgwerclas_4.htm

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      Cadell ap Rhodri (854–909) was King of Seisyllwg, a minor kingdom in southwestern Wales, from about 872 until his death.

      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.
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      The wife of Cadell is unknown. (See http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm)


    • REFN: 7022
    • Prince of South Wales.
    • PRINCE (OR KING) OF SOUTH WALES 878-ca. 909; BECAME KING OF NORTH WALES AND KING
      OF POWIS
    • Prince of South Wales.
    • [De La Pole.FTW]

      Sources: Young; History of Morgan Family.
      Young: Cadell of North Wales. History: "Upon the death of his brother, Mervyn-Mawr, Cadell usurped his nephew Llewelyn and seized the Kingdom of Powys. He had a son, Hywel (Howell)." Cadell was the first in the Deheubarth branch of the family. ***** Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr resided at Dynefor. He ruled from about 878 to his death in about 909 or 910. He had other children in addition to Hywel Dda and Clydog.
      "Upon the death of his brother, Mervyn-Mawr, Cadell usurped his nephew Llewelyn and seized the Kingdom of Powys. He had a son, Hywel (Howell)." Cadell was the first of the Deheubarth branch of the family. [Source 2]

      SOURCES: 1. Bartrum, Peter C. _Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400_. University of
      Wales Press, 1978; page 42.
      2. Morgan, Dennis. _A History of the Morgan Family_.
    • [De La Pole.FTW]

      Sources: Young; History of Morgan Family.
      Young: Cadell of North Wales. History: "Upon the death of his brother, Mervyn-Mawr, Cadell usurped his nephew Llewelyn and seized the Kingdom of Powys. He had a son, Hywel (Howell)." Cadell was the first in the Deheubarth branch of the family. ***** Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr resided at Dynefor. He ruled from about 878 to his death in about 909 or 910. He had other children in addition to Hywel Dda and Clydog.
      "Upon the death of his brother, Mervyn-Mawr, Cadell usurped his nephew Llewelyn and seized the Kingdom of Powys. He had a son, Hywel (Howell)." Cadell was the first of the Deheubarth branch of the family. [Source 2]

      SOURCES: 1. Bartrum, Peter C. _Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400_. University of
      Wales Press, 1978; page 42.
      2. Morgan, Dennis. _A History of the Morgan Family_.
    • [De La Pole.FTW]

      Sources: Young; History of Morgan Family.
      Young: Cadell of North Wales. History: "Upon the death of his brother, Mervyn-Mawr, Cadell usurped his nephew Llewelyn and seized the Kingdom of Powys. He had a son, Hywel (Howell)." Cadell was the first in the Deheubarth branch of the family. ***** Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr resided at Dynefor. He ruled from about 878 to his death in about 909 or 910. He had other children in addition to Hywel Dda and Clydog.
      "Upon the death of his brother, Mervyn-Mawr, Cadell usurped his nephew Llewelyn and seized the Kingdom of Powys. He had a son, Hywel (Howell)." Cadell was the first of the Deheubarth branch of the family. [Source 2]

      SOURCES: 1. Bartrum, Peter C. _Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400_. University of
      Wales Press, 1978; page 42.
      2. Morgan, Dennis. _A History of the Morgan Family_.
    • King of Seisyllwg (895-910)

      895 - King Anarawd of Gwynedd is supplied with English troops to assist in his reconquest of Seisyllwg. He is successful and his brother, King Cadell, is finally able to take his rightful place on the Seisyllwg throne.
      c.910 - Death of King Cadell of Seisyllwg. His son, King Hywel Dda unites Seisyllwg and Dyfed to form the Kingdom of Deheubarth.
    • Kinship II - A collection of family, friends and U.S. Presidents
      URL: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2902060&id=I575154921
      ID: I575154921
      Name: Cadell Ap RHODRI
      Given Name: Cadell Ap
      Surname: RHODRI
      Sex: M
      Birth: Abt 0861 in Of, , Deheubarth, Wales
      Death: 0910
      Change Date: 29 Oct 2003 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
      Note: Ancestral File Number: FJGW-KM

      Father: Rhodri "Mawr" Ap MERFYN b: Abt 0789 in Of, Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire, Wales
      Mother: Angharad Verch MEURIG b: Abt 0825 in Of, , Ceredigion, Wales

      Marriage 1 Rheingar UNKNOWN b: Abt 0865 in Of, , Carmarthenshire, Wales
      Note: _UID9672607AECC6A74288BD36439EEF19A38402
      Children
      Hywel "Dda" Ap CADELL b: Abt 0887 in Of, Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthshire, Wales
      Meurig Ap CADELL b: Abt 0889 in Of Dynevor Castl, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
      Clydog Ap CADELL b: Abt 0891 in Of, Deheubarth, Wales

      Sources:
      Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
      Title: Ancestral File (R)
      Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
      Repository:
    • [s2.FTW]

      Lucius Weaver, 1928:

      CADELL (son of No. 16). In the division of the dominion of his father he was given Deheubarth
      and a large part of South Wales. His brother Merfyn received Powys. He and his brothers made so
      much trouble for the neighboring kingdoms that they were compelled to seek help from Alfred the
      Great. In 893 he was attacked by his brother Anarawd, King of Gwynedd, who invaded and
      plundered Seisyllwg. After the death of his brother Merfyn, Cadell drove out his nephews and
      appropriated Powys to himself. He died about 909 and his kingdom was divided between his sons,
      Hywel and Clydog.

      In the Mostyn Manuscript No. 117 the pedigree of his distinguished descendant, Llewelyn ap Gruffyd,
      is traced back through Cadell to "Adam, Son of God." If the compiler did not draw on his imagination
      for parts of this pedigree he must have had access to records not now in existence.Lucius Weaver, 1928:

      CADELL (son of No. 16). In the division of the dominion of his father he was given Deheubarth
      and a large part of South Wales. His brother Merfyn received Powys. He and his brothers made so
      much trouble for the neighboring kingdoms that they were compelled to seek help from Alfred the
      Great. In 893 he was attacked by his brother Anarawd, King of Gwynedd, who invaded and
      plundered Seisyllwg. After the death of his brother Merfyn, Cadell drove out his nephews and
      appropriated Powys to himself. He died about 909 and his kingdom was divided between his sons,
      Hywel and Clydog.

      In the Mostyn Manuscript No. 117 the pedigree of his distinguished descendant, Llewelyn ap Gruffyd,
      is traced back through Cadell to "Adam, Son of God." If the compiler did not draw on his imagination
      for parts of this pedigree he must have had access to records not now in existence.
    • Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Seisyllwg in South Wales, followed the lead of his brother Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Gwynedd, abandoned an alliance with the Danish Kingdom of York and acknowledged Ælfred the Great as overlord. The precise nature of this overlordship is not known, and there was an attempt to portray this submission as a desire for unity among Christian rulers against the pagan Danes. However, this recognition by Welsh rulers that that the King of England had claims upon them would be a central fact in the subsequent history of Wales.
      Died in 909.
      Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr had the following children:
      Hywel Dda (the Good) ap Cadell, Prince of Deheubarth
    • Cadell ap Rhodri
      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Cadell ap Rhodri (854–909) was the son of Rhodri Mawr ("the Great"). He inherited the kingdom of Seisyllwg from his father in 878, and passed it to his son, Hywel Dda ("the Good"), on his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel had previously conquered Dyfed in 904/905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel merged the two kingdoms to establish Deheubarth.
      Cadell ap Rhodri
      Dinefwr Dynasty
      Born: 854 Died: 909
      Preceded by
      Rhodri the Great Prince of Seisyllwg
      854-909 Merged by Hywel Dda into Deheubarth
    • [Wikipedia, "Cadell ap Rhodri", retrieved 12 Oct 07]
      Cadell ap Rhodri (854-909) was the son of Rhodri Mawr ("the Great"). He inherited the kingdom of Seisyllwg from his father in 878, and passed it to his son, Hywel Dda ("the Good"), on his death in 909. Cadell and Hywel had previously conquered Dyfed in 904/905, establishing Hywel as the king in that region. After his father's death, Hywel merged the two kingdoms to establish Deheubarth.
    • AFN: FJGW-KM
    Person ID I6000000003495391046  Ancestors of Donald Ross
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2021 

    Father Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn,   b. Abt 820,   d. 878  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Angharad Verch verch Meurig, of South Wales, Queen of Ceredigion & Deheubarth,   b. 825, Caer Seiont, Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 900, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F6000000000475207316  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rheingar verch Hyfaidd,   b. 865, Dynevor Castle, Dynevor, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 909  (Age 44 years) 
    Children 
     1. Hywel Dda ap Cadell, King of the Britons,   b. Abt 880, Dynevor Castle Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 950, Dynevor Castle Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000035639885982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart