LC control no. | n 87900850 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Hywel, King of Wales, -950 |
Variant(s) | Howel, Dda, -950 Howel, the Good, -950 Howel, Welsh king, d. 950 Hywel, Dda, -950 Hywel, Welsh king, -950 Hywel, Dda, Brenin Cymru, -950 Hywel ap Cadell, -950 Hywel, the Good, -950 Howel, Welsh king, -950 |
Associated country | Wales |
Death date | 0950 |
Field of activity | Legislation |
Profession or occupation | Kings and rulers Legislators |
Found in | The Law of Hywel Dda, 1986: pref. (King Hywel the Good; d. 949 or 50) Cyfarwyddyd i Ardd Goffa Hywel Dda, 1984: cover (Hywel Dda Brenin Cymru [Hywel Dda King of Wales]) Enc. Brit. 15th ed. (Howel Dda, also called Hywel the Good (d. A.D. 950); called "King of all Wales") Chambers's enc., c1967 (Howel, called the Good, d. 950, Welsh king) DNB (Howel Dda, that is, Howel the Good, d. 950, most famous of the early Welsh kings; just one of many Welsh kings of the period) Wikipedia, viewed 30 November 2016 (Hywel Dda or Hywel ap Cadell (c.880-950) ; he was a King of Deheubarth who eventually came to rule most of Wales) Dictionary of Welsh biography WWW site, viewed 30 November 2016 (Hywel Dda = Hywel the Good ; king and legislator ; he is the only Welsh prince to have been called 'the Good' ; was born towards the end of the 9th cent. but the place of his birth is unknown) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography WWW site, viewed 11 August 2017 (Hywel Dda) |