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Hywel Dda King of the Britons
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Hywel Dda, Hywel the Good, is remembered above all for law. He is credited with summoning the assembly that codified the Welsh laws, a body of custom notable for the standing it gave women and for its comparative humanity, and it remained in use in Wales for six hundred years.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (web-confirmed 25 Jul 2026): HYWEL DDA ('Hywel the Good', c.880-950), KING OF DEHEUBARTH and much of Wales - the great LAWGIVER whose codification (the Laws of Hywel Dda) governed Welsh law for centuries; the only Welsh king called 'the Good'. Son of Cadell ap Rhodri. Father of Owain (our line). Direct ancestor - a crowned Welsh lawgiver-king. Added 25 Jul 2026.