Cadell ap Rhodri

Cadell ap Rhodri
King of Seisyllwg
Reign872 – 909 AD
PredecessorRhodri Mawr
SuccessorHywel Dda
Bornc.850
Died909 AD
IssueHywel Dda
Morgan
Cadwgan
HouseHouse of Dinefwr
FatherRhodri Mawr
MotherAngharad
Kingdom of medieval Wales

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

Life

Cadell was the second son of King 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.

Cadell had two other sons, Morgan and Cadwgan.[2]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Lloyd, John Edward (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 325. Retrieved 7 July 2010. Lloyd history of Wales.
  2. ^ Williams, Ann (2004). "Eadred [Edred] (d. 955)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8510. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 8 September 2021. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

References

Cadell ap Rhodri
Dinefwr Dynasty
Born: 854 Died: 909
Preceded by Prince of Seisyllwg
872–909 		Merged by Hywel Dda into Deheubarth


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