:Ithel ap Morgan
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Ithel or Idwal ap Morgan (c. 690, reign 710–745) was a king of Gwent and Glywysing (i.e., Morgannwg) in southeastern Wales in the eighth century.Pierce, T. J., (1959). [https://biography.wales/article/s-MORG-MWY-0730?&query=ithel%20ap%20morgan&sex%5B%5D=male&lang%5B%5D=en&sort=score&order=desc&rows=12&page=1 MORGAN MWYNFAWR (fl. 730), ' the Benefactor ', or MORGAN ab ATHRWYS, king of Morgannwg]. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 30 Apr 2025, from
His father was Morgan the Generous, or Benefactor (Mwynfawr in Welsh), also known as Morgan ab Athrwys (d. c. 665/710), King of Glywysing, who may have been the namesake of the later realm of Morgannwg (whence modern Glamorgan), although his descendant Morgan the Old is a more likely possibility.Lloyd, John E. A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest, Vol. 1, [https://archive.org/stream/historyofwalesfr01lloyuoft#page/274/mode/2up p. 274]. Longmans, Green, & Co. (London), 1911. Accessed 22 Feb 2013.{{Cite ODNB |title=Morgan ab Athrwys (d. c. 665/710), king of Glywysing |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-19209 |access-date=2025-04-30 |date=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/19209}}{{Cite ODNB |title=Morgan Hen [Morgan Mawr] (d. 974), king of Morgannwg |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-19210 |access-date=2025-04-30 |date=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/19210 |last1=Thornton |first1=David E. }} Ithel's mother may have been Ricceneth,{{Cite book |last=Charles-Edwards |first=T. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AK_yn7Q3_x0C&pg=PA306 |title=Wales and the Britons, 350-1064 |date=2013 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-821731-2 |language=en}} and he had a brother named Gwyddnerth. Ithel may have been named for his paternal uncle Ithel.
Ithel was the grandson of Athrwys ap Meurig and possibly Cenedlon ferch Briafael Frydig, and the great grandson of King Meurig ap Twedrig and Onbrawst, daughter of Gwrgan Fawr, the last King of Ergyng, an early medieval Welsh kingdom in what is now western Herefordshire in England.
Ithel is recorded in the Book of Llandaff as selling a uilla of land, in conjunction with his mother and father, Ricceneth and Morgan. He is also recorded as having sold a uilla to Iddon, son of Ceirio in conjunction with his sons, who are recorded as witnesses on the charter Arthfael, (possibly a misreading of Fearnfael), Meurig, Rhodri and Rhys. These documents were later used as proof of the donors' ownerships when donating the land to the church at Llandaff.
Ithel seems to have inherited his father's realm including lands in Gower, Glamorgan, and Gwent, and probably sovereignity of most of the region between the River Loughor and the River Wye as a whole,{{cite DNB|wstitle= Morgan Mwynfawr |volume= 39 |last= Lloyd |first= John Edward |author-link= John Edward Lloyd |page= 10 |year= 1894 | short=1}} but then divided it among his many sons: Ffernfael in Gwent{{Cite web |date=2011-10-01 |title=Kingdoms of Cymru Celts - Gwent |url=http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/CymruGwent.htm |access-date=2025-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001064705/http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/CymruGwent.htm |archive-date=1 October 2011 }} and Rhys, Rhodri, and Meurig in parts of Glywysing.{{Cite web |title=1i. The early Kingdoms of Ewyas, Gwerthefyriwg, Gwent, Ergyng, Cernyw, Glywyssing and Morganwg (383 - 1055) |url=https://thehistoryofwales.typepad.com/t/9.html |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=The History of Wales}} Ffernfael married Ceingaer and they are both recorded in charters, including giving gifts to Bishop Cadwared of Llandaff.Anscombe, Alfred. "Landavensium Ordo Chartarum (Conclusion)." The Celtic Review, vol. 7, no. 25, 1911, pp. 63–67. JSTOR,. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
Ithel may be the king who is commemorated by and with Abbot Sampson on a decorated and inscribed cross found in the churchyard of Llanilltud Mawr.