Ruler · 950 – 1005

Cynan ap Hywel

Lived 950 – 1005. King of Gwynedd of Kingdom of Gwynedd, 999 – 1003; also in the line of Kingdom of Deheubarth.

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Lived: 950 – 1005; 55 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

King of Gwynedd

Kingdom of Gwynedd · the 26th of 40 dated reigns · 450 – 1240

22 before

Iago ab Idwal950 – 979

Hywel ab Ieuaf979 – 985

Cadwallon ab Ieuaf985 – 986

Cynan ap Hywel999 – 1003

Aeddan ap Blegywryd1005 – 1018

Llywelyn ap Seisyll1018 – 1023

Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig1023 – 1039

11 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 999 – 1003 · 4 years · came to it aged 49

Came to it: the nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1003; they died in 1005

Also in the line of Kingdom of Deheubarth (4th of 7).

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