Llywarch ap Hyfaidd, King of Dyfed

See Peter Bartrum, https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000173393650888 (February 6, 2023; Anne Brannen, curator)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Royal Family of Gwynedd - Ancient Lordship of Gower; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id162.html.(Steven Ferry, January 18, 2020.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Legendary Kingdom of Seisyllwg; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id123.html. (Steven Ferry, September 11, 2020.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Einion ap Celynin of Llwydiarth; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id138.html. (Steven Ferry, October 17, 2020.

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Harleian Ms 3859; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id129.html. (Steven Ferry, March 8, 2021.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Children of Rhodri Mawr; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id264.html. (Steven Ferry, April 6, 2021.)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Ancestry of King Rhys ap Tewdwr of Deheubarth; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id309.html (Steven Ferry, January 12, 2023.)

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After his death, his daughter Elen is said to have married Hywel Dda, thus uniting the kingdoms.

Brenin Ddyfed Llywarch ap Hyfaidd o Ddyfed1,2,3

b. circa 840, d. 904

Father Brenin Ddyfed Hyfaidd o Ddyfed1,4 b. circa 815, d. 893

    Also called Llywarch ap Hyfaidd. Brenin Ddyfed Llywarch ap Hyfaidd o Ddyfed was born circa 840.1 He was the son of Brenin Ddyfed Hyfaidd o Ddyfed.1,4 Brenin Ddyfed Llywarch ap Hyfaidd o Ddyfed was born circa 867 at Dynevor, Wales.5 He was the successor of Brenin Ddyfed Hyfaidd o Ddyfed; King of Dyfed.3,6 King of Dyfed at South Wales between 893 and 904.6 Brenin Ddyfed Llywarch ap Hyfaidd o Ddyfed died in 904. He died without male heirs.5,4,3,7,6 He was the successor of Brenin Ddyfed Rhodri ap Hyfaidd o Ddyfed; King of Dyfed.6

Family

Child

Elen ferch Llywarch o Ddyfed+ b. c 893, d. 9293,8

Citations

[S266] EBK, online http://freespace.virgin.net/david.ford2/…

[S492] Genealogies from Harleian MS. 3859, manuscript, probably between 954 and 988 unknown repository, 2: " an unknown place oumarc map Himeyt" .

[S483] Stewart Baldwin, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth's ancestors in "Baldwin-Llywelyn," listserve message Dec 1998.

[S278] DfAdam, online unknown url, The Line of Eochaid Allmuir mac Airt Cuirp, 117.

[S245] LDS.

[S640] History Files, online http://homepages.tesco.net/~plk33/plk33/history.htm

[S485] Various, Annales Cambriae.

[S492] Genealogies from Harleian MS. 3859, manuscript, probably between 954 and 988 unknown repository, 2: "Elen merc Ioumarc" (a mistake for "Loumarc").

• Llywarch Ap Hymeid

born Abt 0867 Of, Dynevor, Wales

died 0904

father:

• Hyfaidd Ap Bleiddig

born Abt 0820 Of, Dyfed, Wales

died 0893

mother:

• Mrs. Hyfaidd Ap Bleiddig

born Abt 0822 Of, Dyfed, Wales

died 0893

(end of information)

siblings:

unknown

spouse:

• Mrs. Llywarch Ap Hymeid

born Abt 0872 Of, Dynevor, Wales

died 0904

(end of information)

children:

• Elen Verch Llywarch

born Abt 0893 Of, Dyfed, Wales

died 0943

biographical and/or anecdotal:

notes or source:

LDS

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Also called Llywarch ap Hyfaidd. Brenin Ddyfed Llywarch ap Hyfaidd o Ddyfed was born circa 840.1 He was the son of Brenin Ddyfed Hyfaidd o Ddyfed.1,4 Brenin Ddyfed Llywarch ap Hyfaidd o Ddyfed was born circa 867 at Dynevor, Wales.5 He was the successor of Brenin Ddyfed Hyfaidd o Ddyfed; King of Dyfed.3,6 King of Dyfed at South Wales between 893 and 904.6 Brenin Ddyfed Llywarch ap Hyfaidd o Ddyfed died in 904. He died without male heirs.5,4,3,7,6 He was the successor of Brenin Ddyfed Rhodri ap Hyfaidd o Ddyfed; King of Dyfed.6

Family

Child

   * Elen ferch Llywarch o Ddyfed+ b. c 893, d. 9293,8

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p315.htm#i7992

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Llywarch ap Hyfaidd (?-904) was the king of Dyfed until its conquest in 904/905 by Cadell ap Rhodri and his son, Hywel Dda. Kingship passed briefly to his brother, Rhodri, until rule was consolidated by Hywel. Hywel married Llywarch's daughter, Elen, to legitimise his claim to the throne.

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Birth:   abt 0863 

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King of Dyfed

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Llywarch ap Hyfaidd (died c. 904) was a king of Dyfed in Wales of the High Middle Ages from c. 893 until its conquest around 904 by King Cadell of Ceredigion or Seisyllwg and his son Hywel.

Upon Llywarch's death, the kingdom passed briefly to his brother Rhodri, but Hywel soon consolidated his rule, eventually merging Dyfed with his paternal inheritance as the new kingdom of Deheubarth. Later Welsh tradition held that Hywel inherited Dyfed peacefully through his supposed marriage to Llywarch's daughter Elen in a manner similar to the stories told about his great-grandfather Merfyn's acquisition of Gwynedd, his grandfather Rhodri's acquisition of Powys, and his father's acquisition of Ceredigion, all of this despite female inheritance of land having no place in the Welsh law of the period. However, the repeated attacks of Cadell and Hywel were recorded in Asser's Life of King Alfred, where it states Hyfaidd was