Huwal of the West Welsh

Huwal (Template:Lang-cy; modern English: Howell), "King of the West Welsh" was a Celtic monarch of the early-mid 10th century recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. There is some controversy over the location of his kingdom.

This character only appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for 926, as one of several kings who signed a treaty at Eamont Bridge accepting King Athelstan of Wessex as their overlord.

He is described as a "King of the West Welsh". However, it can also refer to present day West Wales, then generally known as Deheubarth, and some Welsh and English studies claim that this is a reference to that area's monarch at the time, Hywel Dda.^[1]^[2]

However, some historians believe he was indeed from the Dumnonia and Huwel is "regarded as the last in a line of independent or semi-independent Cornish (Dumnonian) kings" by Professor Philip Payton of the Institute of Cornish Studies^[3]

References

^ Ann Williams et al. (1991). A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain. London: Seaby
^ Wendy Davies. (1982). Wales in the early middle Ages. London: Leicester University Press
^ Philip Payton. (1996). Cornwall. Fowey: Alexander Associates

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[1] Ann Williams et al. (1991). A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain. London: Seaby

[2] Wendy Davies. (1982). Wales in the early middle Ages. London: Leicester University Press

[3] Philip Payton. (1996). Cornwall. Fowey: Alexander Associates

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