Cadell ap Rhodri

• Preferred Name: Cadell ap Rhodri^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]}
  
• Alternate Name: Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Prince of Wales
  
• FSID: L1YH-R4C
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: House of Dinefwr
  
• Birth: ABT 870 in Wales at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of South Wales
  
• LdsSealingToParents: 6 NOV 1914 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: 851 in Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales at LATI: N1.8831 LONG: E4.0158 with note: ,,Deheubarth, Wales?
  
• Life Sketch: with note: Description: Historical Chronology of the Early British Kingdoms, Part 5: AD 805-937 at www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/kingdoms.
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Seisyllwg
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: House of Dinefwr
  
• LdsEndowment: 4 SEP 1914 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Death: 909 in Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales at LATI: N1.8831 LONG: E4.0158 with note: Wikipedia Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthshire, Wales
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of SeisyllwgBET 870 AND 909 in Wales at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664
  
• Residence: in Dynevor Castle, Carmarthen, South Wales at LATI: N1.8831 LONG: E4.0158 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• LdsBaptism: 11 NOV 1913 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  THE HOUSE OF MANAW
  
  Cadell, Anarawd, and Mervyn are recorded in the Triads as the "Tri theyrn tal- eithiawg," or three diademed princes of the Isle of Britain. (My v. Arch. ii. 64.)
  
  Another note: One of the Triads speaks of Anarawd and his brothers as 'Tri theyrn taleithiog Ynys Prydain,' or 'Tri thywysog taleithiog,' 'the three diademed princes of the Isle of Britian.'
  [Dictionary of National Biography I:370]
  .........................................
  
  ANARAWD, is stated by some that he was the eldest son of Rhodri Mawr, who was sovereign prince of all Wales, which he divided between his three sons, on his death in A. D. 876. Anarawd had for his share Gwynedd or North Wales : Cadell had South Wales, and Mervyn had Powys. It has long been a matter of dispute whether Cadell or Anarawd was the elder brother. Dr. Owen Pughe, in his Cambrian Biography, calls Cadell the eldest; so likewise does Price in his Hanes Cymru, p. 392, but in p. 397, Anarawd is called the eldest. This dispute gave rise to a treatise by the eminent antiquary Vaughan of Hengwrt, entitled " British Antiquities revived," which was printed in Oxford, 1662, 4 to. and of which a second edition was published at Bala in 1834,4to. In this it appears to be well argued that Anarawd was the eldest, and had paramount authority over his brothers. However, his crown was far from being light, as he was engaged in constant wars with the Saxons. In 880, he fought the battle of Cymryd near the town of Aberconwy in Caernarvonshire, where he defeated the Saxons with great slaughter, and avenged the death of his father, who had been slain by them in "Anglesey. This battle is called in Welsh history," Dial Rhodri." His reign is also remarkable for the migration of the Northern Britons in 890, who, being pressed by their enemies, left Stratclyde,and were hospitably received by Anarawd, who gave them lands in Denbighshire and Flintshire, on condition that they expelled the Saxons who had taken possession of them, which was satisfactorily accomplished. In 892, Anarawd invaded his brother's territories in South Wales, which he laid waste with fire and sword. In 900, Cadell, who had previously reduced Powys under his dominion, died, and Anarawd thus became sovereign prince of all Wales, and reigned until his death in 913, when he left three sons,Edwal Vool, Ellis, and Meurig.
  
  From a "Historical Chronology of the Early British Kingdoms, Part 5: AD 805-937" at www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/kingdoms:
  
  878 King Rhodri Mawr of Gwynedd, Powys, and Seisyllwg returns to his kingdoms, but is killed fighting the Mercians of King Ceolwulf II. His kingdoms are divided amongst his three sons, Anarawd, Merfyn and Cadell respectively. The Vikings winter in Dyfed. Death of King Run of Strathclyde. His son, Eochaid, succeeds to the throne and allies himself with his mother's cousin, King Giric of Alba. The two rule all Scotland together as join-monarchs.
  
  880 King Anarawd of Gwynedd inititates a revenge attack on the Mercian armies and defeats them on the River Conwy.
  
  c881 King Anarawd of Gwynedd and his brothers begin extensive military campaigns to quell resistance in Powys and Seisyllwg.
  
  c885 Kings Hyfaidd of Dyfed, Elisedd of Brycheiniog and Hywel of Glywysing are harassed by the armies of King Anarawd of Gwynedd. They seek the protection of King Alfred of England and submit to his overlordship. Anarawd seeks an alliance with the Norse Kings of York.
  
  894 King Anarawd of Gwynedd's shaky alliance with the Vikings collapses. His kingdom is ravaged by the Norsemen. Anarawd is forced to ask for help from King Alfred of England and submits to his overlordship. Alfred imposed oppressive terms and forces Anarawd to confirmation in the Christian Church with Alfred as godfather.
  
  895 King Anarawd of Gwynedd is supplied with Englis 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.
  
  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.
  
  === !1. Information source: Welsh Founders ===
  !1. Information source: Welsh Founders of Penn Pa. 13 v 2 p 48, 49; Dict of Nat'l Biog Eng Pub a v 28 p 105; Eminent Welshmen, Wales 13 p 53, 438; Temple Rec Mary Ann P Schow, TR 594, p 92; Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire families, Wales Angl 1 p 309. 2. Child # 1 Hywel md (1) Sain, (2) Elen verch Llywarch. 3. Note: Some sources indicate there is a question as to the correct name of Cadell's Wife.
  
  === Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Seisyllwg ===
  Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Seisyllwg
  Birthdate:
  circa 850 (60)
  Birthplace:
  Deheubarth, Wales
  Death:
  910 (56-64)
  Anglesey, Wales
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Rhodri the Great, king of the Britons and Angharad verch Meurig, of South Wales
  Husband of Rheingar verch Hyfaidd
  Father of Hywel Dda ap Cadell, King of the Britons; Clydog ap Cadell; Tryffin ap Cadell and Meurig ap Cadell
  Brother of Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr; Nest verch Rhodri Mawr; Rhodri Fychan ap Rhodri Mawr; Gwriad ap Rhodri Mawr; Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr, Brenin Powys and 4 others
  Half brother of Tudwal Gloff ap Rhodri Mawr and Elise ap Rhodri Mawr
  Occupation:
  King of Deheubarth (878 - 909), acceded 878; http://www.gwinslow.com/gw/reec.html
  
  === Upon the Death of his brother, Mervyn-Ma ===
  Upon the Death of his brother, Mervyn-Mawr, Cadell usurped hisnephewLlewelyn and seized the Kingdom of Wales. Cadell was thefirst in theDeheubarth branch of the family. Cadell resided atDynefor. He rule fromabout 878 to his death in about 909.
  
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  Also Known As - Description: King Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr
  
  === #Générale# Roi de Deheubarth de 877 à 9 ===
  #Générale# Roi de Deheubarth de 877 à 909
  
  === Hist of So Wales by Gilbert Stone ===
  Hist of So Wales by Gilbert Stone
  
  === Ref: Taut (parents, brother Anarawd, dat ===
  Ref: Taut (parents, brother Anarawd, dates of reign (878-c909), sonsHywel and Clydog); West-105 (Prince of South Wales, parents, d. c909, son Hywel) Acceded: 878 GGGrandfather of Bleddyn
  
  === Acceded: 878. Prince of Deheubarth. ===
  Acceded: 878. Prince of Deheubarth.
  
  === Alternate birthplace: of , Deheubarth, W ===
  Alternate birthplace: of , Deheubarth, Wales
  
  Alternate death date: 910 (Ancestral File)
  
  === !SOURCE: A History of the Morgan Family ===
  !SOURCE: A History of the Morgan Family FHL book. Upon the death of his brother, Mervyn-Mawr, CADELL usurpad his nephew Llewelyn and seized the Kingdom of Powys. He had a son, HYWEL.
  
  === #Générale# Roi de Deheubarth de 877 à 90 ===
  #Générale# Roi de Deheubarth de 877 à 909
  
  === Father: Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn b: ABT 789 ===
  Father: Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn b: ABT 789 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire,Wales Mother: Angharad Verch Meurig b: ABT 825 in Ceredigion, Wales
  
  === Prince of North Wales ===
  Prince of North Wales
  
  === Reigned 878-916
  
  Children
  Idwal "Foel ===
  Reigned 878-916
  
  Children
  Idwal "Foel (The Bald)" Ap ANARAWD b: ABT 0883 in Of Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales
  Elisse Ap ANARAWD b: ABT 0885 in Of Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales
  
  Sources:
  Text: Burke's Guide to the Royal Family. Burke's Peerage Limited, 1st Ed., Herald Printers (Westminster Press Ltd.), London, 1973: The Anglo=Saxon Kingdoms, pp. 187-209: The Kings of Wessex, pp. 187-188; Kings of all England, pp. 189-209; The Dukes of Normandy, p. 310; The House of Anjou, p. 311; Kings and Queens of Scotland, pp. 312-320; The Kings and Princes of Wales, pp. 321-326: their works consulted "H.M. Lane's The Royal Daughters of England (1910)"; "Professor F.M. Powicke's Handbook of British Chronology (1939)"; G.E. Cokayne's "Complete Peerage"; "The Dictionary of National Biography"; "Sir John Edward Lloyd's History of Wales"; "The Dictionary of Welsh Biography"; A.C. Addington's "The Royal House of Stuart"; C.A. Starke's "Series of Genealogical Handbooks" et al.
  Author: Medieval Studies Unit, Genealogical Dept
  Title: Ancestral File (R), Church of the Latter Day Saints,
  Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
  Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
  Name Suffix: King of North Wales
  REFN: HWS6161
  Ancestral File Number: FLH5-RV
  OBJE: C:\LEGACY\PICTURES\c_crown.gif
  OBJE: C:\LEGACY\PICTURES\C_PrinceSaintEmpire.GIF
  
  === !Brown book 5, P C 343. ===
  !Brown book 5, P C 343.
  
  === Powys Castle, one mile south of Welshpoo ===
  Powys Castle, one mile south of Welshpool, Powys, Mid East Wales
  http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=addc9c28-2269-4771-8ba0-b67be0e1422d&tid=10215595&pid=844973538
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 2/2009:
  
  Cadell (?)
  M, #102579, d. 909
  Cadell (?)|d. 909|p10258.htm#i102579|Rhodri Mawr 'the Great' (?)||p10258.htm#i102580||||||||||||||||
  Last Edited=19 Apr 2001
  Cadell (?) was the son of Rhodri Mawr 'the Great' (?). He died in 909.
  Child of Cadell (?)
  Hywel Dda 'the Good' (?) +
  
  === Burke RL p 323 King of Sisyllwg 878-909 ===
  Burke RL p 323 King of Sisyllwg 878-909 Burke RL p 323 King of Sisyllwg 878-909
  
  === Cadell, King of Seisyllwg
  (born c.840)
  ( ===
  Cadell, King of Seisyllwg
  (born c.840)
  (Latin-Catullus, English-Catullus)
  
  Cadell was given the Kingdom of Seisyllwg by his father, Rhodri Mawr in the late 9th century. However, it is unclear how much independence he managed to assert after his father’s death. His son, Hywel Dda (the Good) married the heiress of the King of Dyfed and united the two kingdoms to become the first King of Deheubarth. [www.britannia.com/bios/ebk/cadelcn.html]
  
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  In the division of the dominion of his (Cadell's) 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 #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. [The Weaver Genealogy]
  
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  Cadell (d 909), king of Ceredigion and afterwards of Powys, was one the six warlike sons of Rhodri Mawr, the most powerful of the early Welsh kings. If we can trust a late authority, he was Rhodri's eldest son, and received as his patrimony Ceredigion, with the palace at Dinevwer, and an overlordship over his other brothers. In 877 Rhodri was slain by the Saxons, and Cadell entered upon his turbulent reign. In conjunction with his brothers he ravaged and devastated the neighbouring states of Dyved and Brecheiniog to such purpose that the latter gladly accepted the help of King Alfred against a nearer and more terrible foe. Not long after the sons of Rhodri were compelled themselves to become Alfred's men. The harmony between the brothers did not long survive their defeat. In 894 Anarawd, the king of Gwynedd, joined the English in a devastating inrode into Cadell's territory, and burnt remorselessly all the houses and corn in Dyved and Ystrad Towy. Soon after Rhodri's death Cadell is said to have driven his brother Mervyn out of Powys and added it to his possessions; but as Mervyn continued alive until 903, and was styled king of Powys, it is very improbable that a lasting conquest was effected. Anyhow, as Anarawd continued to reign in Gwynedd, Cadell certainly was not, as the 'Gwentian Brut' asserts, thus made king over all Wales. Indeed, it is quite probable that Anarawd was the elder of the sons of Rhodri. Besides civil feuds and Saxon invasions the period of Cadell's reign was signalised by repeated invasions of the 'black pagans,' as the Welsh called the Irish Danes, which culminated in 906 in the destruction of St David's. Three years afterwards Cadell died. Three of his sons are mentioned by the chronicles, Howel, Clydog, and Meurug. Of these the eldest became Cadell's successor, and was celebrated as Howel Dda, the wisest and best of the Welsh kings. [Dictionary of National Biography III:627]
  
  === [Greene.FTW] [INDIV2.DAT] Reigned: 878 ===
  [Greene.FTW] [INDIV2.DAT] Reigned: 878/909 Source: Kings & Queens of Britain, p 226 Taut, Anne. "The Kings and Queens of Great Britain" pub by Elm Tree Books/Hamish Hamilton Ltd. Great Britain; Buell001.zip [kinfolk2.GED]; Susan Shannon, Susanorl@sundial.net;http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/h/ a/susan-h-shannon/
  
  === Event: Personal Note GGGrandfather of Bl ===
  Event: Personal Note GGGrandfather of Bleddyn
  
  === The youngest son, he inherited the lands of Ceredigion and Ystrad Tywi. ===
  The youngest son, he inherited the lands of Ceredigion and Ystrad Tywi.
  
  === !Prince of South Wales, "Mawr." Ruled ov ===
  !Prince of South Wales, "Mawr." Ruled over a large part of South Wales.
  
  === PRINCE (OR KING) OF SOUTH WALES 877-907; ===
  PRINCE (OR KING) OF SOUTH WALES 877-907; BECAME KING OF NORTH WALESAND KING OF POWIS
  
  === THE HOUSE OF MANAW ===
  THE HOUSE OF MANAW
  
  Cadell, Anarawd, and Mervyn are recorded in the Triads as the "Tri theyrn tal- eithiawg," or three diademed princes of the Isle of Britain. (My v. Arch. ii. 64.)
  
  Another note: One of the Triads speaks of Anarawd and his brothers as 'Tri theyrn taleithiog Ynys Prydain,' or 'Tri thywysog taleithiog,' 'the three diademed princes of the Isle of Britian.'
  [Dictionary of National Biography I:370]
  .........................................
  
  ANARAWD, is stated by some that he was the eldest son of Rhodri Mawr, who was sovereign prince of all Wales, which he divided between his three sons, on his death in A. D. 876. Anarawd had for his share Gwynedd or North Wales : Cadell had South Wales, and Mervyn had Powys. It has long been a matter of dispute whether Cadell or Anarawd was the elder brother. Dr. Owen Pughe, in his Cambrian Biography, calls Cadell the eldest; so likewise does Price in his Hanes Cymru, p. 392, but in p. 397, Anarawd is called the eldest. This dispute gave rise to a treatise by the eminent antiquary Vaughan of Hengwrt, entitled " British Antiquities revived," which was printed in Oxford, 1662, 4 to. and of which a second edition was published at Bala in 1834,4to. In this it appears to be well argued that Anarawd was the eldest, and had paramount authority over his brothers. However, his crown was far from being light, as he was engaged in constant wars with the Saxons. In 880, he fought the battle of Cymryd near the town of Aberconwy in Caernarvonshire, where he defeated the Saxons with great slaughter, and avenged the death of his father, who had been slain by them in "Anglesey. This battle is called in Welsh history," Dial Rhodri." His reign is also remarkable for the migration of the Northern Britons in 890, who, being pressed by their enemies, left Stratclyde,and were hospitably received by Anarawd, who gave them lands in Denbighshire and Flintshire, on condition that they expelled the Saxons who had taken possession of them, which was satisfactorily accomplished. In 892, Anarawd invaded his brother's territories in South Wales, which he laid waste with fire and sword. In 900, Cadell, who had previously reduced Powys under his dominion, died, and Anarawd thus became sovereign prince of all Wales, and reigned until his death in 913, when he left three sons,Edwal Vool, Ellis, and Meurig.
  
  From a "Historical Chronology of the Early British Kingdoms, Part 5: AD 805-937" at www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/kingdoms:
  
  878 King Rhodri Mawr of Gwynedd, Powys, and Seisyllwg returns to his kingdoms, but is killed fighting the Mercians of King Ceolwulf II. His kingdoms are divided amongst his three sons, Anarawd, Merfyn and Cadell respectively. The Vikings winter in Dyfed. Death of King Run of Strathclyde. His son, Eochaid, succeeds to the throne and allies himself with his mother's cousin, King Giric of Alba. The two rule all Scotland together as join-monarchs.
  
  880 King Anarawd of Gwynedd inititates a revenge attack on the Mercian armies and defeats them on the River Conwy.
  
  c881 King Anarawd of Gwynedd and his brothers begin extensive military campaigns to quell resistance in Powys and Seisyllwg.
  
  c885 Kings Hyfaidd of Dyfed, Elisedd of Brycheiniog and Hywel of Glywysing are harassed by the armies of King Anarawd of Gwynedd. They seek the protection of King Alfred of England and submit to his overlordship. Anarawd seeks an alliance with the Norse Kings of York.
  
  894 King Anarawd of Gwynedd's shaky alliance with the Vikings collapses. His kingdom is ravaged by the Norsemen. Anarawd is forced to ask for help from King Alfred of England and submits to his overlordship. Alfred imposed oppressive terms and forces Anarawd to confirmation in the Christian Church with Alfred as godfather.
  
  895 King Anarawd of Gwynedd is supplied with Englis 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.
  
  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.
  
  Powys Castle, one mile south of Welshpool, Powys, Mid East Wales
  http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=addc9c28-2269-4771-8ba0-b67be0e1422d&tid=10215595&pid=844973538
  
  Ref: Taut (parents, brother Anarawd, dates of reign (878-c909), sonsHywel and Clydog); West-105 (Prince of South Wales, parents, d. c909, son Hywel) Acceded: 878 GGGrandfather of Bleddyn
  
  Hist of So Wales by Gilbert Stone
  
  Upon the Death of his brother, Mervyn-Mawr, Cadell usurped hisnephewLlewelyn and seized the Kingdom of Wales. Cadell was thefirst in theDeheubarth branch of the family. Cadell resided atDynefor. He rule fromabout 878 to his death in about 909.
  
  The youngest son, he inherited the lands of Ceredigion and Ystrad Tywi.
  
  Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Seisyllwg
  Birthdate:
  circa 850 (60)
  Birthplace:
  Deheubarth, Wales
  Death:
  910 (56-64)
  Anglesey, Wales
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Rhodri the Great, king of the Britons and Angharad verch Meurig, of South Wales
  Husband of Rheingar verch Hyfaidd
  Father of Hywel Dda ap Cadell, King of the Britons; Clydog ap Cadell; Tryffin ap Cadell and Meurig ap Cadell
  Brother of Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr; Nest verch Rhodri Mawr; Rhodri Fychan ap Rhodri Mawr; Gwriad ap Rhodri Mawr; Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr, Brenin Powys and 4 others
  Half brother of Tudwal Gloff ap Rhodri Mawr and Elise ap Rhodri Mawr
  Occupation:
  King of Deheubarth (878 - 909), acceded 878; http://www.gwinslow.com/gw/reec.html
  
  PRINCE (OR KING) OF SOUTH WALES 877-907; BECAME KING OF NORTH WALESAND KING OF POWIS
  
  from thepeerage.com, 2/2009:
  
  Cadell (?)
  M, #102579, d. 909
  Cadell (?)|d. 909|p10258.htm#i102579|Rhodri Mawr 'the Great' (?)||p10258.htm#i102580||||||||||||||||
  Last Edited=19 Apr 2001
  Cadell (?) was the son of Rhodri Mawr 'the Great' (?). He died in 909.
  Child of Cadell (?)
  Hywel Dda 'the Good' (?) +
  
  Father: Rhodri Mawr Ap Merfyn b: ABT 789 in Caer Seiont, Carnarvonshire,Wales Mother: Angharad Verch Meurig b: ABT 825 in Ceredigion, Wales
  
  #Générale# Roi de Deheubarth de 877 à 909
  
  #Générale# Roi de Deheubarth de 877 à 909
  
  Acceded: 878. Prince of Deheubarth.
  
  Burke RL p 323 King of Sisyllwg 878-909 Burke RL p 323 King of Sisyllwg 878-909
  
  Alternate birthplace: of , Deheubarth, Wales
  
  Alternate death date: 910 (Ancestral File)
  
  Cadell, King of Seisyllwg
  (born c.840)
  (Latin-Catullus, English-Catullus)
  
  Cadell was given the Kingdom of Seisyllwg by his father, Rhodri Mawr in the late 9th century. However, it is unclear how much independence he managed to assert after his father’s death. His son, Hywel Dda (the Good) married the heiress of the King of Dyfed and united the two kingdoms to become the first King of Deheubarth. [www.britannia.com/bios/ebk/cadelcn.html]
  
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  In the division of the dominion of his (Cadell's) 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 #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. [The Weaver Genealogy]
  
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  Cadell (d 909), king of Ceredigion and afterwards of Powys, was one the six warlike sons of Rhodri Mawr, the most powerful of the early Welsh kings. If we can trust a late authority, he was Rhodri's eldest son, and received as his patrimony Ceredigion, with the palace at Dinevwer, and an overlordship over his other brothers. In 877 Rhodri was slain by the Saxons, and Cadell entered upon his turbulent reign. In conjunction with his brothers he ravaged and devastated the neighbouring states of Dyved and Brecheiniog to such purpose that the latter gladly accepted the help of King Alfred against a nearer and more terrible foe. Not long after the sons of Rhodri were compelled themselves to become Alfred's men. The harmony between the brothers did not long survive their defeat. In 894 Anarawd, the king of Gwynedd, joined the English in a devastating inrode into Cadell's territory, and burnt remorselessly all the houses and corn in Dyved and Ystrad Towy. Soon after Rhodri's death Cadell is said to have driven his brother Mervyn out of Powys and added it to his possessions; but as Mervyn continued alive until 903, and was styled king of Powys, it is very improbable that a lasting conquest was effected. Anyhow, as Anarawd continued to reign in Gwynedd, Cadell certainly was not, as the 'Gwentian Brut' asserts, thus made king over all Wales. Indeed, it is quite probable that Anarawd was the elder of the sons of Rhodri. Besides civil feuds and Saxon invasions the period of Cadell's reign was signalised by repeated invasions of the 'black pagans,
  
  === Reigned 878-909
  
  Cadell, the 2nd son of ===
  Reigned 878-909
  
  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)
  
  Sources:
  Text: Burke's Guide to the Royal Family. Burke's Peerage Limited, 1st Ed., Herald Printers (Westminster Press Ltd.), London, 1973: The Anglo=Saxon Kingdoms, pp. 187-209: The Kings of Wessex, pp. 187-188; Kings of all England, pp. 189-209; The Dukes of Normandy, p. 310; The House of Anjou, p. 311; Kings and Queens of Scotland, pp. 312-320; The Kings and Princes of Wales, pp. 321-326: their works consulted "H.M. Lane's The Royal Daughters of England (1910)"; "Professor F.M. Powicke's Handbook of British Chronology (1939)"; G.E. Cokayne's "Complete Peerage"; "The Dictionary of National Biography"; "Sir John Edward Lloyd's History of Wales"; "The Dictionary of Welsh Biography"; A.C. Addington's "The Royal House of Stuart"; C.A. Starke's "Series of Genealogical Handbooks" et al.
  Author: Medieval Studies Unit, Genealogical Dept
  Title: Ancestral File (R), Church of the Latter Day Saints,
  Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
  Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

• m. BEF 880 in Europe

1. Hywel Dda King of Seisyllwg, b. 880 in Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthshire, Wales     d. 950 in Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthshire, Wales

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   Author: P L Kessler , History Files, The -- The King Lists (1999-2002, Home Publishing, homepages.tesco.net/~plk33/plk33), Internet
   Note: Ruled Seisyllwg as a sub-kingdom of Gwynedd Ruled Seisyllwg as a sub-kingdom of Gwynedd
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2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cadell Ap Rhodri - death:
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   Author: Garry L McLaughlin , Garry L McLaughlin's Family History (1 Aug 2001, www.gbso.net/actor/actor.htm, Star Rt. 3, Box 1484-L, Satsuma, FL 32189), Internet
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4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: ap Rhodri "Mawr" Cadell -
   Author: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=timmychew&id=I027793, Tim Chew chew@brand-hyd.com
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5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: ap Rhodri "Mawr" Cadell -
   Author: The Weaver Genealogy; Lucius E Weaver, New York, 1928, Page number: 44
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6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: ap Rhodri "Mawr" Cadell - birth: 0861; Wales
   Author: Pullen010502.FTW, Not Given
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7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: ap Rhodri "Mawr" Cadell - death:
   Author: Royal Genealogies DB, Denis R. Reid, 149 Kimrose Lane, Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147-1258, Not Given (See Notes)
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8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: ap Rhodri "Mawr" Cadell - birth: about 0861; Wales, United Kingdom
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9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: ap Rhodri "Mawr" Cadell -
   Author: Dictionary of National Biography, George Smith, Oxford Press, Vols 1-21 (Orignially published 1885-90),Ed by Sir Leslie S, Page number: III:627, XVI:971
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10. Title: Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society
    Author: Barry, E. "Barrymore." Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, vol. VI, no. 45, 1899. pp. 1-11.
    Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=rAcMAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA5&lpg=RA1-PA5&dq=theodore+the+great+prince+of+south+wales&source=bl&ots=GVnZIcfh0Z&sig=aRzWPpBhnj9iesHX5xzP8BeIQvs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX59Hb3_DfAhXyYN8KHVTpALsQ6AEwBnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=theodore%20the%20great%20prince%20of%20south%20wales&f=false;
    
11. Title: Legacy NFS Source: ap Rhodri "Mawr" Cadell - death: 0907; Wales, United Kingdom
    Author: 160010.GED, Not Given
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12. Title: Genesis of the White Family
    Author: Library of Congress
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/genesiswhitefam00maltgoog;
    
13. Title: Millennium File
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7249&h=10366578&indiv=try;
    
14. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cadell Ap Rhodri Mawr - death:
    Author: Ball.FTW, Not Given
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15. Title: Observations on the Snowdon Mountains
    Author: William Williams (1802). Observations on the Snowdon Mountains: With Some Account of the Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants : To which is Added a Genealogical Account of the Penrhyn Families. E. Williams.
    Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=h2w9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA173#v=onepage&q&f=false;
    Page: from pg 168 Cadell, Prince of South Wales, fecond fon of Rodri the Great, Prince of all Wales.
    
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17. Title: Legacy NFS Source: ap Rhodri "Mawr" Cadell -
    Author: International Genealogical Index® (1998, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), www.FamilySearch.org -- Internet, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA, Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street, Page number: film 2034357, 2034457
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18. Title: Legacy NFS Source: ap Rhodri "Mawr" Cadell -
    Author: Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940; John Edward Lloyd & R T Jenkins, Ed. {1957}, Page number: 406
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