Iago ab Idwal
Iago ab Idwal (908? - 979?) was a king of Gwynedd, and perhaps of Powys.
Iago was the son of Idwal the Bald person and should have been with his/her brother Ieuaf ab Idwal its legitimate heir. But with died from his/her father in 942, Howell the Good, the king of Deheubarth, benefitted from the occasion to annex Gwynedd with its own kingdom, forcing Iago and its brother with the exile.
It only with had not died of Howell, in 950 that Iago and Ieuaf could claim to go up on the throne. They benefitted from the arguments between wire of Howell to expel them of Gwynedd and to let them divide itself what remained grounds of their father. Nevertheless, the fight continued between the two dynasties. While the brothers Iago and Idwal tackled the south and managed to also go down far Dyfed in 952, the heirs to Howell went up in north to the valley of Conwy in 954, but were beaten with Llanrwst and were pushed back until Ceredigion.
Iago and Ieuaf disputed then their new conquests and Iago imprisoned Ieuaf in 969. Although he knew a defeat in 974, Iago managed to keep Gwynedd until in 979, when he was made imprison in his turn by the son of Ieuaf, Hywel ab Ieuaf, which took the throne. One knows nothing the destiny of Iago after this event.
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