HYWEL ap RHODRI MOLWYNOG (died 825), king of Gwynedd

Name: Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog
Date of death: 825
Parent: Rhodri Molwynog
Gender: Male
Occupation: king of Gwynedd
Area of activity: Politics, Government and Political Movements; Royalty and Society
Author: Thomas Jones Pierce

A great-grandson of Cadwaladr (died 664), and the last king in Anglesey of the line of Cunedda. The blood of Cunedda was transmitted, on Hywel's death, to a new royal house through his niece, Ethyllt (grandmother of Rhodri the Great), daughter of his brother, Cynan (died 816), with whom he had for long contested Anglesey.

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Published date: 1959

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