Rhodri ab Idwal (died ) was a 10th-century prince of

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from the royal dynasty of

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. He was one of six children of

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Idwal the Bald of Gwynedd, who was killed along with his brother Elissed during an English invasion ,Williams, Jane. ''A History of Wales: Derived from Authentic Sources''
p. 151
Longmans, Green, & Co., 1869. Accessed 19 Feb 2013. after which the kingdom initially passed to

Hywel the Good Hywel Dda, sometimes anglicised as Howel the Good, or Hywel ap Cadell (died 949/950) was a king of Deheubarth who eventually came to rule most of Wales. He became the sole king of Seisyllwg in 920 and shortly thereafter established Deheubarth ...

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rather than any of Idwal's heirs. At the death of Hywel, Idwal's sons rebelled against the new king

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and his brothers. Rhodri's murder was recorded in the undated ''

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''; Phillimore's reconstruction would place the entry in AD 969. Harleian MS. 3859. Op. cit. Phillimore, Egerton. ''Y Cymmrodor'' 9 (1888), pp. 141–83. The

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records the murder in AD 966 and attributes it to the

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. wlm, Oed Crist 966, y lladdwyd Rhodri ab Eidwal y gan Wyddelod Mon... Cambrian Archaeological Association. ''Archaeologia Cambrensis'':
Chronicle of the Princes
. W. Pickering, 1864. Accessed 19 Feb 2013. His brother

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is said to have destroyed the Irish at

in retribution and then chased them completely out of Gwynedd. Moore attributed the destructive civil war among Idwal Foel's other children to the death of Rhodri,Moore, David.
The Welsh Wars of Independence,
', p 20. Tempus, 2005. Accessed 19 Feb 2013. although the kingship had been assumed by his elder brothers Iefan and

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House of Aberffraw Welsh princes 10th-century Welsh people 970 deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain {{Wales-bio-stub