Lord of Arwystli
Hywel styled himself rex Arguestlil/Arewestil (Pryce p. 2).
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Bartrum gives Hywel a number of 4 in his generational dating system, implying a birth date of , very roughly, about 1130.
Date of Death: 1185.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Bartrum (Trahaearn ap Caradog 4) and by Turvey (p. xviii). It is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion s.a. 1185.
Place of Burial: Strata Florida.
The place is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion s.a. 1185.
Relationships
Father: Ieuaf ab Owain ap Trahaearn.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Trahaearn ap Caradog 4) and given by Turvey (p. xviii). It is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion s.a. 1185.
Mother: Margred ferch Gruffudd ap Cynan.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Trahaearn ap Caradog 1).
Spouse: unknown.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Bartrum.)
Amice married Alexander de Montgomery.
Gwenllian married Iorwerth ap Llywarch.
Gruffudd Carno.
Meilir.
Dafydd Benllwyd.
Jane married Dolffyn ap Rhiwallon.
Owain o’r Brithdir (died 1197).
Ieuan.
Einion.
Gruffudd.
Meurig.
Cadwaladr.
Cadwallon (fl. 1185 - 1206).
Evidence
Pryce (nos 1-3) gives a notification of protection to St Michael’s, Trefeglwys (1143 x 1151) by “Heuel rex Arguestli”, a grant to Haughmond Abbey (1143 x 1151) by “Hoelus rex Arewestil”, and a grant to St Michael’s, Trefeglwys (1143 x 12 August 1161) by “Hoel filius Geuaf”.
References
Bartrum, Peter C., “Trahaearn ap Caradog 4” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.
[The sources Bartrum cites for Hywel are Brut y Tywysogion and his own Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts.]
Bartrum, Peter C (ed.) Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts. (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1968).
The sources Bartrum gives for Hywel include:
Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru.
13. “Hywel ap Ieuaf ap Ywain ap Trehaiarn ap Karadawg ap Gwynn ap Gollwyn ap Ednywain ap Bleddyn ap Bletrus ap Kynawc mawr ap Iorwerth hirvlawdd ap Tegonwy ap Teon. I vam oedd Vared verch Gruffudd ap Kynan.”
Hen Lwythau Gwynedd a’r Mars.
4e. “Gwraig Iorwerth ap Llowarch oedd Wenlliant ferch Howel ap Ieuaf ap Ewein ap Trahayarn ap Karadawg ap Gwynn ap Gollwyn.”
Brut y Tywysogion 143 f.
Guy, Ben. Medieval Welsh Genealogy. (The Boydell Press, 2020).
From Guy’s critical edition of the Llywelyn ab Iorwerth genealogies, which were based on an archetype created no later than the first half of the fourteenth century from an original compilation dating to the early thirteenth century, partly based on earlier written sources (Note that Guy is striving for textual rather than genealogical accuracy):
33. Gwehelieth Arwystli:
33.1 Howel m. <Ieuaf> m.<Iwain> m. Trahayarn m. Karadawg ag Gwynn m. Gollwynn ap Etnywain ap Bledyn ap Bledrus ap Kynawg Mawr ap Iorwerth Hirvlawt m. Tegonwy m. Teon m. Gwineu Deu Vreudwyt m. Bywyr Lew m. Bywdeg m. Run Rud Baladyr m. Llary m. Kasnar Wledig m. Llud m. Beli Maw.
33.1.1 A <Mareryda> ferch Gruffyd ap Kynan oed fam Howel ap Ieuaf.
50.3 Gwraig Iorwerth ap Llowarch oed Wenlliant ferch Howel ap Ieuaf ap Ewein ap Trahayarn ap Karadawg ap Gwynn ap Gollwyn.
Pryce, Huw (ed.) The Acts of the Welsh Rulers 1120 - 1283 (Malta, 2005).
Turvey, Roger. The Welsh Princes: The Native Rulers of Wales 1063 - 1283. (Pearson, 2002).