In Wales, the Cyfraith Hywel was codified by Hywel Dda c. 942 – 950.

A meeting at Eamont Bridge on 927 was sealed by an agreement that Constantine, Owen of Strathclyde, Hywel Dda, and Ealdred would " renounce all idolatry ": that is, they would not ally with the Viking kings.

He was accompanied by many leaders, including the Welsh kings Hywel Dda, Idwal Foel, and Morgan ab Owain.

The following year, Constantine was again in England at Æthelstan's court, this time at Cirencester where he appears as a witness, appearing as the first of several subject kings, followed by Owen of Strathclyde and Hywel Dda, who subscribed to the diploma.

There would be two national universities ( one in the south and one in the north ) and return to the traditional law of Hywel Dda.

Davies suggests that the texts of Welsh law, traditionally codified by Hywel Dda at Whitland, were first assembled in book form under the aegis of Rhys.

* Hywel Dda (" the Good ") of Wales

Rhodri's grandson, Hywel Dda ( Hywel the Good ), formed the kingdom of Deheubarth by joining smaller kingdoms in the southwest and had extended his rule to most of Wales by 942.

* The Welsh ruler Hywel Dda (" Hywel the Good ") merges Dyfed and Seisyllwg, establishing a new kingdom known as Deheubarth.

* Hywel Dda, king of Deheubarth, annexes Gwynedd and Powys to become ruler of most of Wales.

He was accompanied by many leaders, including the Welsh kings Hywel Dda, Idwal Foel, and Morgan ab Owain.

The following year, Constantine was again in England at Æthelstan's court, this time at Cirencester where he appears as a witness, appearing as the first of several subject kings, followed by Owain of Strathclyde and Hywel Dda, who subscribed to the diploma.

Yet it is also possible that some Welsh kings, in particular Hywel Dda, were benefiting from this relationship.

* Kirby, D. P., ' Hywel Dda: Anglophil?

The ( Welsh ) Laws of Hywel Dda, originally compiled around 900 A. D, identify a bard as a member of a King's household.

One of many collections of Welsh genealogies, this documents the lineage of Hywel Dda, king of Wales, and several of his contemporaries.

Wotton began to study Welsh, and produced an important bilingual parallel text edition of the Welsh and Latin texts of the medieval Welsh laws traditionally attributed to Hywel Dda at the request of his friend.

* Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac eraill, seu Leges Wallicae Ecclesiasticae et Civiles Hoeli boni et Aliorum Walliae Principum ( London, 1730 )

Wales then developed its own system of law, first codified by Hywel Dda ( Hywel the Good ; reigned 942 – 950 ) when he was king of most of Wales.

Deheubarth was founded circa 920 by Hywel Dda (" Hywel the Good ") out of the territories of Seisyllwg and Dyfed, both of which had come into his possession.

He is traditionally associated with the codification of Welsh law at a council which he called at Whitland, the laws from then on usually being called the " Laws of Hywel ".

Hywel may have been influenced by English ideas of kingship – he is the first Welsh king associated with a major Welsh law code, and a coin, minted at Chester, carries his name.

He is played in the series by Hywel Bennett.

Percy is a British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas starring Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Elke Sommer and Britt Ekland.

Hywel Rhodri Morgan ( born 29 September 1939 ) is a Welsh Labour politician who, as First Secretary for Wales, and subsequently First Minister, was leader of the Welsh Assembly Government from 2000 to 2009.

Born in Cardiff, Hywel Rhodri Morgan is the son of Professor T. J. Morgan and the brother of the historian, Prys Morgan.

* A is written in a hand of about 1100x1130 AD, and inserted without title into an MS. of the Historia Brittonum where it is immediately followed by a pedigree for Owain ap Hywel ( d. 988 ).

The Office of the First Minister is in Tŷ Hywel and the Senedd in Cardiff Bay, however, an office is also kept at the Welsh Government building in Cathays Park where the majority of Cardiff-based Welsh Government civil servants are located.

Hywel Williams ( born 14 May 1953, Pwllheli ) is a Welsh politician and Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Arfon.

Annals state that these two sons ; Rhun ab Owain Gwynedd and Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd ; were illegitimate, but it is worth pausing to consider that history is often written by the victors.

What the annals record, however, is that in 1146 the eldest son and designated heir, Rhun-a man who was acclaimed as a great warrior-" died " mysteriously, and that Hywel his natural brother was proclaimed the new Edling or heir.

After the fall of Y Bere, Dafydd's movements are speculative but he is recorded in May 1283 leading raids from the mountains supported to the bitter end by Goronwy ap Heilin, Hywel ap Rhys and his brother Rhys Wyndod.

The official office of the First Minister is in Tŷ Hywel, previously known as Crickhowell House, and the Senedd in Cardiff Bay.

Crickhowell ( Crug Hywel, Crughywel, or Crucywel in Welsh ) is a small town in Powys, Mid Wales.

The name Crickhowell is taken from that of the nearby Iron Age hill fort of Crug Hywel above the town, the Welsh language name being anglicised by map-makers and local English-speaking people.

The Hywel Dda interpretive centre is a publicly funded Culture centre.

The name of Gorseynon was then created, later changed to Gorseinon .” 15, 16 Although different dates, Hywel Einon is remarkedly close to Einon ap Owain ap Hywel, perhaps both have the same origin?

Dennis sees East End ganglord Jack Dalton ( Hywel Bennett ) as a father figure as he worked for him collecting debts, amongst other things, and his prison stint is due to working for Jack.

Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd duly succeeded his father in 1170 and the realm was plunged immediately into a civil war that appears to have been a conflict between two rival factions ; one which was pro-Irish and seeking to ensure the succession of Hywel and protect the legacy of Owain Gwynedd and his father, and a second which seems to be an anti-Irish coalition and headed by Iorwerth Drwyndwn and Owain's widow, Cristin ferch Goronwy ab Owain.

After Gerald's death, Nest's sons married her to Stephen, her husband's constable of Cardigan, by whom she had another son, possibly two ; the eldest was Robert Fitz-Stephen ( d. 1182 ), one of the Norman conquerors of Ireland ; the second son, if such there were, may have been named Hywel.

The castle probably spent the next fifty years passing from one feudal ruler to another: from Hywel to Cadwaladr in 1144, and then ceded to Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford in 1158, who garrisoned it.

The Law of Hywel was one of the most important unifying factors, applied in all parts of Wales with only minor variations.

Hywel appears in the historical mystery novel The Summer of the Danes, one of the Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters.

Cynan ap Hywel ( ruled 999 – 1005 ) was a Prince of Gwynedd, one of the kingdoms or principalities of medieval Wales.