Idwal
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Idwal is Welsh for Lord of the wall and may refer to:
- Cwm IdwalCwm IdwalCwm Idwal is a hanging valley in the Glyderau range of mountains in northern Snowdonia, the national park in the mountainous region of North Wales. Its main interest is to hill walkers and rock climbers, but it is also of interest to geologists and naturalists, given its combination of altitude ,...
, a hanging valley in the Glyderau range of mountains in northern Snowdonia, Wales - Iago ab Idwal ap MeurigIago ab Idwal ap MeurigIago ab Idwal ap Meurig was a Prince of Gwynedd.On the death of Llywelyn ap Seisyll in 1023, the rule of Gwynedd returned to the ancient dynasty with the accession of Iago, who was a great-grandson of Idwal Foel....
(died 1039), a Prince of Gwynedd - Iago ap Idwal (ruled 950 - 979) was a King of Gwynedd and possibly Powys
- Idwal FoelIdwal FoelIdwal Foel ap Anarawd was a King of Gwynedd, referred to as King of the Britons by William of Malmesbury in his Gesta Regum Anglorum. William spells his name as Judwalum in the original Latin ; the Annales Cambriae spell it Iudgual.Idwal inherited the throne of Gwynedd on the death of his...
(died 942), a King of Gwynedd - Idwal Iwrch (c. 650-720; reigned from c. 682), an early medieval king of Gwynedd
- Idwal Jones (writer)Idwal Jones (writer)Idwal Jones was both a novelist and non-fiction writer at the turn of the twentieth century. Jones focused a lot of his writing on the beauty and population boom in California and the west....
(1887–1964), a novelist and non-fiction writer - Idwal ReesIdwal ReesIdwal Rees was a Welsh international rugby union centre who played club rugby for Swansea and Cambridge University.-Rugby career:Rees first played rugby for Swansea Grammar School, but when he graduated to Swansea University at the age of 17, he gave up rugby as he believed he was too light to play...
(1910–1991), a Welsh international rugby union centre - Ieuaf ap Idwal (ruled 950 - 969) was a king of part of Gwynedd and possibly part of Powys
- James Idwal JonesJames Idwal JonesJames Idwal Jones was a British Labour Party politician.He was born in Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham, and educated at Ruabon Grammar School and Normal College, Bangor. He became a teacher in 1922 in Holt, but then moved to positions in Glyn Ceiriog and Penycae...
(1900–1982), a British Labour Party politician - Llyn IdwalLlyn IdwalLlyn Idwal is a small lake that lies within Cwm Idwal in the Glyderau mountains of Snowdonia.It is named after a son of Owain Gwynedd, one of the ancient Princes of Wales, legend stating that the unfortunate offspring was murdered by being drowned in the lake.A number of small streams flow into...
, a small lake within Cwm Idwal in the Glyderau mountains of Snowdonia, Wales - Rhodri Molwynog ap IdwalRhodri Molwynog ap IdwalRhodri Molwynog ap Idwal was King of Gwynedd . This era in the history of Gwynedd was not notable, and given the lack of reliable information available, serious histories of Wales, such that as by Davies, do not mention Rhodri, while that of Lloyd mentions his name in passing only to quote the...
(c. 690-c. 754; reigned from c. 720), a king of Gwynedd