Huwal of the West Welsh

Huwal (Welsh: Hywel; 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 927, 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". The only place ever referred to by the Anglo-Saxons as "West Wales", was Dumnonia or CornwallFact|date=October 2008. 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. [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]

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

ee also

*Kingdom of Cornwall

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