Bleddri, Hyfaidd

Male 820 - 893  (73 years)


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  • Name Bleddri, Hyfaidd  [1
    Birth 820  Dynefwr Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Appointments / Titles King of Dyfed 
    Life Event 880 
    King of Dyfed 
    FSID M3TX-1ST 
    Death 893  Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 893  Dynefwr Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I33478  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Family verch Maredudd, N.N.,   b. UNKNOWN, Dinefwr Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Bleddri, Lady Rheingar Fenela,   b. 865, Dinefwr Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 909, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F13010  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 820 - Dynefwr Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 893 - Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 893 - Dynefwr Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Hyfaidd ap Bleddri (born c.?830) was a king of Dyfed.

      Triad 68-"Three Kings who Sprang from Villeins"-lists Hyfaidd among their number, meaning that his father Bleddri or Bledrig was held to have been a serf rather than a member of Dyfed's old royal family claiming descent from Aed Brosc. His mother was supposed to be Tangwystl, a daughter of the earlier King Owain.

      Charles-Edwards argues that Hyfaidd was responsible for consolidating the lands that would later become Deheubarth, annexing Ystrad Tywi and possibly Ceredigion to Dyfed before his death. He was said to have oppressed the clerics of Meneva (modern St. David's) and exiled Bishop Nobis, earning him the enmity of Nobis's kinsman, the historian Asser.

      Although later Welsh histories made Hywel Dda's inheritance of Dyfed a peaceful affair brought about by his marriage to Hyfaidd's granddaughter Elen and the extinction of Hyfaidd's male line, Asser's more contemporary Life of King Alfred reports that Dyfed or Brycheiniog both fell under such sustained attack from Hywel's uncle Anarawd and father Cadell that Kings Hyfaidd and Elise submitted to King Alfred of Wessex's overlordship in exchange for protection.

      Hyfaidd's sons Llywarch and Rhodri reigned after him, but the kingdom was soon lost to Cadell's son Hywel who consolidated his realms as Deheubarth.

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      1.) Llywarch

      2.) Rhodri

  • Sources 
    1. [S2644] WORLD: Wikiwand.
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