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House of Dinefwr

House of Dinefwr

Traditional arms of Dinefwr
Parent houseHouse of Gwynedd
CountryWales
Founded854 (854)
FounderCadell ap Rhodri, Prince of Seisyllwg
Titles
Connected families
Estate(s)
Cadet branches
Painting of Dinefwr Castle, ancient seat of the Royal House of Dinefwr, in Deheubarth
Battle of Bosworth, where Sir Rhys ap Thomas helped secure the victory of Henry Tudor as a Commander
The ruins of Carreg Cennen Castle of Lord Rhys, it later belonged to the Crown under the Duchy of Lancaster
King Hywel Dda proclaiming his laws

The Royal House of Dinefwr was a cadet branch of the Royal House of Gwynedd, founded by King Cadell ap Rhodri (reign 872–909), son of Rhodri the Great.[1][2] Their ancestor, Cunedda Wledig, born in late Roman Britain, was a Sub-Roman warlord who founded the Kingdom of Gwynedd during the 5th century, following the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain. As Celtic Britons, the House of Dinefwr was ruling before the Norman conquest, having to fight with their neighbors such as the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, before struggling with the Normans afterwards. Many members of this family were influential in Welsh history, such as Hywel Dda, who codified Welsh law under his rule, and achieved the important title of King of the Britons, or Lord Rhys, Prince of Wales, who rebelled against Richard the Lionheart, and became one of the most powerful Welsh leaders of the Middle Ages.[3][4]

  1. ^ Professor Thomas Jones Pierce. "RHODRI MAWR ('the Great') (died 877), king of Gwynedd, Powys, and Deheubarth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. ^ The Houses of Cunedda and Rhodri Mawr, Welsh Medieval Law: The Laws of Howell the Good (1909) by Hywel ap Cadell, translated by Arthur Wade Wade-Evans.
  3. ^ Thomas Peter Ellis. "Welsh Tribal Law and Custom In The Middle Ages, Volume 1". McMaster University. p. 356. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  4. ^ R.A. Griffiths and P.R. Schofield, ed. (2011). Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages, Essays presented to J. Beverley Smith. University of Wales Press. p. 83. ISBN 9780708324479. Retrieved 2022-10-31.

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