Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameHywel AP RHYS King Of Morgannwg, 32G Grandfather
FatherRhys AP ARTHFAEL King Of Morgannwg (~795-)
Web Notes notes for Hywel AP RHYS King Of Morgannwg
Bartrum's "Welsh Classical Dictionary". He is mentioned by Asser in his life of Alfred (sec.80) where he is called Houil filius Ris, rex Gleguising: "Hywel ap Rhys, king of Glywysing, and Brochwel and Ffernfael sons of Meurig, kings of Gwent, compelled by violence and tyranny of earl Ethelred and of the Mercians, of their own accord sought king Alfred that they might enjoy his government, and his protection from their enemies." That was about the year 880 (HW 327 n.28). He is mentioned several times in charters in the Book of Llandaf as contemporary of bishops Cerenhir (BLD 212), Nudd (BLD 227-231) and Cyfeiliog (BLD 236). In the latter charter we are told
that his wife was Lleucu, his sons were Owain and Arthfael, and his daughters Ermithridd and Nest.
Annales Cambriae mention a Hywel who died in 885 [recte 886]. J.E.Lloyd thought that this was too early to be Hywel ap Rhys on the grounds that bishop Cyfeiliog belonged to the tenth century (HW 327 n.29). But Cyfeiliog (d.927) could have been bishop before 886. The earliest source for the pedigree of Hywel ap Rhys is JC 9, which makes him son of Rhys ab Arthfael ap Gwriad ap Brochwel ap Rhys ab Ithel ab Morgan....
J.E.Lloyd thought that this was too long by a generation or two (HW 275 n.262). It is noteworthy that Gwriad and Brochwel are omitted in a later version (ABT 15). However they are reinstated in a a still later version together with two extra names (MP 3). There is an epitaph on a cross at Llanilltud set up by Houelt for the soul of his father Res (HW 276).
that his wife was Lleucu, his sons were Owain and Arthfael, and his daughters Ermithridd and Nest.
Annales Cambriae mention a Hywel who died in 885 [recte 886]. J.E.Lloyd thought that this was too early to be Hywel ap Rhys on the grounds that bishop Cyfeiliog belonged to the tenth century (HW 327 n.29). But Cyfeiliog (d.927) could have been bishop before 886. The earliest source for the pedigree of Hywel ap Rhys is JC 9, which makes him son of Rhys ab Arthfael ap Gwriad ap Brochwel ap Rhys ab Ithel ab Morgan....
J.E.Lloyd thought that this was too long by a generation or two (HW 275 n.262). It is noteworthy that Gwriad and Brochwel are omitted in a later version (ABT 15). However they are reinstated in a a still later version together with two extra names (MP 3). There is an epitaph on a cross at Llanilltud set up by Houelt for the soul of his father Res (HW 276).