The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Howel

Family: Welsh · Role: king · First appears: A.D. 921–935

Life events

  • 922 · The kings of North-Wales and its people sought King Edward as their lord.(A.D. 921–935)
    • With: Cledauc Jothwel Edward son of Alfred
    • “And the kings in North-Wales, Howel, and Cledauc, and Jothwel, and all the people of North-Wales, sought him for their lord.”
  • 926 · Athelstan governed the island’s kings, who ratified their agreement with covenants and oaths at Emmet.(A.D. 921–935)
    • With: Athelstan Constantine Owen Aldred son of Eadulf
    • “And with covenants and oaths they ratified their agreement in the place called Emmet, on the fourth day before the ides of July; and renounced all idolatry, and afterwards returned in peace.”

A.D. 921–935

  • lord / consecrator: Edward son of Alfred “And the kings in North-Wales, Howel, and Cledauc, and Jothwel, and all the people of North-Wales, sought him for their lord.”
  • lord / consecrator: Athelstan “This year appeared fiery lights in the northern part of the firmament; and Sihtric departed; and King Athelstan took to the kingdom of Northumbria, and governed all the kings that were in this island:--First, Howel, King of West-Wales; and Constantine, King of the Scots; and Owen, King of Monmouth; and Aldred, the son of Eadulf, of Bamburgh.”

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