Hywel ap Rhys (Glywysing)

This is a Welsh name. It means Hywel son of Rhys. For other Welshmen of the same name, see Hywel or Hywel ap Rhys (disambiguation).

Hywel ap Rhys was a 9th-century king of part or all of Glywysing (ruled c. 840–886) in southern Wales.

His sons Arthfael and Owain were probably responsible for the reünification of the realm of Morgannwg.[1] A third son may have fallen assisting Rhodri the Great resist a Mercian invasion of Anglesey around 843.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Charles-Edwards, T. Wales and the Britons, 350–1064, p. 495. Oxford Univ. Press, 2012. Accessed 20 Feb 2013.
  2. ↑ Archæologia Cambrensis, Vol. X, 3rd Series. "Chronicle of the Princes", p. 13. J. Russell Smith (London), 1864.
  3. ↑ Davies, Wendy. The Llandaff Charters, p.124. University of Wales Press, 1979.
  4. ↑ Ibid.
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