Bartrum's "Welsh Genealogies". He inherited the kingship of Gwynedd and Powys from his father RHODRI. For a time he maintained an alliance with the Danish kingdom of York, but when it became apparent the the King of Wessex, ALFRED THE GREAT, was gaining the upper hand against the Danes, Anarawd and his brother, CADELL, ruler of Seisyllwg, submitted to some sort of overlorship by ALFRED.