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Hywel Dda

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Gender Male
SpouseElen of Dyfed
HouseHouse of Dinefwr
Children Owain ap Hywel Dda
Rhodri ap Hywel
Edwin ap Hywel
BooksWelsh Medieval Law: Being a Text of the Laws of Howel the Good, Namely the British Museum Harleian Ms. 4353 of the 13th Century, with Translation, Introd. , Appendix, Glossary, Index, and a Map
Great grandchildren Angharad ferch Maredudd
Cadell ab Einion
Edwin ab Einion
Rhain the Irishman
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Hywel Dda Life story


Hywel Dda or Hywel ap Cadell was a King of Deheubarth who eventually came to rule most of Wales. He became the sole king of Seisyllwg in 920 and shortly thereafter established Deheubarth, and proceeded to gain control over the entire country from Prestatyn to Pembroke.

Mental health: Mum wants apology for killer son and victim

Mental health: Mum wants apology for killer son and victim
Jun 4,2023 7:11 pm

... Sharon is demanding a public apology from Hywel Dda health board for both her son and the family of the man he killed, Lewis Stone, saying it " could [and] should have been prevented"...

Strep A: Woman arrested after girl, 8, dies in Lampeter

Strep A: Woman arrested after girl, 8, dies in Lampeter
Dec 28,2022 5:31 pm

... It follows more than a dozen confirmed deaths of children with strep A since September, Dr Graham Brown, consultant in communicable disease control for Public Health Wales, said: " Public Health Wales is working with Hywel Dda University Health Board and Ceredigion council following the death of a child in Lampeter...

Chief nurse calls for strike resolution after day of action

Chief nurse calls for strike resolution after day of action
Dec 15,2022 2:41 pm

... BBC Wales health correspondent Owain Clarke says around 1,000 appointments or treatments have been cancelled across Hywel Dda health board sites in west Wales during the December strikes...

Cost of living: Woman chooses mental health therapy over heating

Cost of living: Woman chooses mental health therapy over heating
Dec 11,2022 10:20 pm

... Hywel Dda health board has a new 24/7 mental health helpline and said support is available for anyone in a crisis...

Covid in Wales: Face mask and isolation rules could be extended

Covid in Wales: Face mask and isolation rules could be extended
Mar 22,2022 3:06 pm

... Hywel Dda Health Board said it is currently seeing more Covid patients in its hospitals, causing " challenges in staffing"...

NHS Wales: 'I spent four nights in A& E waiting for a bed'

NHS Wales: 'I spent four nights in A& E waiting for a bed'
Jan 20,2022 6:46 am

... This includes Hywel Dda and Swansea Bay working closely together on a number of areas, including cataracts, and Cwm Taf Morgannwg being a regional hub for diagnostics...

'Misery' for A&E patients, with a record-long wait times

'Misery' for A&E patients, with a record-long wait times
Feb 16,2020 9:57 am

... In the last days of Hywel Dda health board, which is responsible for services in west Wales, said it had...

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