the ledger of connections
The Connections of Hywel Dda
10th-century Welsh king Every person recorded alongside Hywel Dda in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Hywel Dda in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Cadell ap Rhodri
- Spouses
- Elen ferch Llywarch
- Children
- Owain ap Hywel, Rhodri ap Hywel, Edwin ap Hywel, unknown (?), Angharad ferch Hywel, Einion ap Hywel Dda ap Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr
- Siblings
- Clydog ap Cadell
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 880 CE to 950 CE.
Medieval era
Alfred the Great
849 CE – October 26, 899 CE
King of Wessex (r. 872–901)
Medieval era
Al-Razi
866 CE – 925 CE
Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)
Medieval era
Ferdowsi
940 CE – 1020
Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)
Medieval era
Rudaki
859 CE – 941 CE
Persian poet, the father of Persian poetry
Medieval era
Ismail Samani
849 CE – November 24, 907 CE
Amir of the Samanid Empire from 892 to 907
Medieval era
Al-Mutanabbi
920 CE – 965 CE
Arab poet (c. 915 – 965)
Medieval era
Fatima al-Fihri
800 CE – 880 CE
Legendary founder of the al-Qarawiyyin mosque
Medieval era
Æthelstan
895 CE – October 27, 939 CE
King of Wessex and first king of England (r. 924-939)
Medieval era
Æthelflæd
870 CE – June 12, 918 CE
Mercian monarch
Medieval era
Brian Boru
941 CE – April 23, 1014
High King of Ireland
Medieval era
Edward the Elder
874 CE – July 17, 924 CE
King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)
Medieval era
Edgar the Peaceful
943 CE – July 8, 975 CE
King of the English (r. 959–975)