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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Cadwaladr (redirect from Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon of Gwynedd)
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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Kingdom of Gwynedd (section Cadwallon ap Cadfan)
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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Cadafael, King of Gwynedd (redirect from Cadfael ap Cynfeddw of Gwynedd)
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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Oswald of Northumbria (section Victory over Cadwallon)
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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Maelgwn Gwynedd (redirect from Maelgwyn Hir ap Cadwallon)
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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Vortigern (redirect from Gwrtheyrn ap Gwidol)
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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Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (redirect from Llywelyn ap Iorwerth)
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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