IDWAL FOEL
(‘
the Bald
’
; d.
942
),
king of Gwynedd
;
son of
Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr
(q.v.)
. He became
ruler of Gwynedd
in
916
, and after some resistance accepted the overlordship of the
West-Saxon monarchy
. After his death
during an unsuccessful revolt
against the
English
, in
942
, his sons were expelled, and authority passed to his cousin,
Hywel Dda
(q.v.)
. Though two of these sons,
Iago
and
Ieuaf
(qq.v.)
were in time restored, his blood was transmitted to the principal dynasty of medieval
Gwynedd
through a younger son,
Meurig
(q.v.)
.
Author:
Professor Thomas Jones Pierce, M.A., F.S.A., (1905-1964),
Aberystwyth
