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    Cadwallon ap Cadfan (died 634) was the King of Gwynedd from around 625 until his death in battle. The son and successor of Cadfan ap Iago, he is best remembered...
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  • so Cadfan's accession at that time appears to be no more than coincidence. Cadfan was succeeded as king by his son, Cadwallon ap Cadfan. Cadfan's gravestone...
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    authentic lineage stemming from Cadwaladr. Cadwaladr was the son of Cadwallon ap Cadfan, and the successor to King Cadafael. His name appears in the pedigrees...
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    Among the most powerful of the early kings was Cadwallon ap Cadfan (c. 624 – 634), grandson of Iago ap Beli. He became engaged in an initially disastrous...
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  • 634 – c. 655). He came to the throne when his predecessor, King Cadwallon ap Cadfan, was killed in battle, and his primary notability is in having gained...
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    spending a period in exile. After defeating the Welsh Gwyneddian ruler, Cadwallon ap Cadfan, at the Battle of Heavenfield, Oswald brought the two Northumbrian...
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    Northumbrians were led by Edwin and the Gwynedd-Mercian alliance was led by Cadwallon ap Cadfan and Penda. The site of the battle was a marshy area about 8 miles...
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  • to the confusion. Cadwallon may refer to: Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion (reigned early 6th century), King of Gwynedd Cadwallon ap Cadfan (reigned early 7th...
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  • had any part in the battle. He would be succeeded as king by his son, Cadfan ap Iago. The 1766 publication of Henry Rowlands's Mona Antiqua Restaurata...
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    Gildas, who considered Maelgwn a usurper and reprobate. The son of Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion and great-grandson of Cunedda, Maelgwn was buried on Ynys...
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  • successfully returned to the north and seized Gwynedd, ousting Ieuaf's son Cadwallon. Owain died in 988 and Maredudd became king of Deheubarth as well, although...
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    Northumbrian army under Oswald of Bernicia and a Welsh army under Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd. The battle resulted in a decisive Northumbrian victory...
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    Hatfield Chase by the combined armies of his supposed foster-brother Cadwallon ap Cadfan and the pagan Penda of Mercia. After his death, Bernicia and Deira...
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    Rhys Fychan but was decisively defeated by Welsh forces at the Battle of Cadfan in June 1257, with Rhys having previously slipped away to make his peace...
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    Dafydd ap Gruffudd, also known as Dafydd III (11 July 1238 – 3 October 1283), was a Prince of Gwynedd until after the death of his brother, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd...
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    Einion Yrth ap Cunedda Cadwallon Lawhir Maelgwn Gwynedd Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn Beli ap Rhun Iago ap Beli Cadfan ap Iago Cadwallon ap Cadfan Cadafael Cadwaladr...
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    found in the reference to Bedwyr's well in the 9th-century Marwnad Cadwallon ap Cadfan. The Welsh Triads name Bedwyr as "Battle-Diademed", and a superior...
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  • Powys c. 600–616 Cadfan ap Iago Gwynedd 616–625 Idgwyn ap Cadwallon Eiludd Powys Powys 616–642 Manwgan ap Selyf Powys 642–655 Cloten ap Nowy Dyfed 650–670...
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    ruinous invasion of Cadwallon ap Cadfan, king of Gwynedd. The unity of the Northumbrian kingdoms was restored after Cadwallon's death in battle in 634...
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    7th centuries, under rulers such as Maelgwn Gwynedd (died 547) and Cadwallon ap Cadfan (died 634/5) who in alliance with Penda of Mercia was able to lead...
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    King Arthur with the crown they won from the slain Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. List of magical weapons Zimmer omits "Chalabrun" counting it as...
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    he had: Cadwallon ap Gruffudd [cy]; Owain Gwynedd (Owain ap Gruffudd), married (1) Gwladus (Gladys) ferch Llywarch, daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn...
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    Urien (redirect from Urien ap Cynfarch)
    referenced another poem, 'Moliant Cadwallon', probably a genuine seventh-century panegyric to Cadwallon ap Cadfan, which says 'Fierce Gwallog caused...
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    Aurelianus, and the Welsh kings Owain Ddantgwyn, Enniaun Girt and Athrwys ap Meurig. However, no convincing evidence for these identifications has emerged...
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  • Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (c. 1010 – 5 August 1063) was the first and only Welsh king to unite all of Wales under his rule from 1055 to 1063. He had also previously...
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  • Shortly after Gwallog's period, a probably contemporaneous poem to Cadwallon ap Cadfan claims that 'fierce Gwallog caused the greatly renowned death toll...
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    displeasing to God. In 1194, with the aid of his cousins Gruffudd ap Cynan and Maredudd ap Cynan, he defeated Dafydd at the Battle of Aberconwy at the mouth...
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    Tall'; c. 500) Beli ap Rhun Iago ap Beli (died c. 616) Cadfan ap Iago (c. 565) Cadwallon ap Cadfan (d. 634) Cadafael Cadomedd ap Cynfeddw (Cadfael 'the...
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  • Bledric ap Custennin Bledudo Brennius Brutus Greenshield Brutus of Troy Budic II of Brittany Cadfan ap Iago Cadoc Cador Cadwaladr Cadwallon ap Cadfan Camber...
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    forced King Penda of Mercia into an alliance with the Welsh King Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd, and together they invaded Edwin's lands and defeated...
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