*Cadwaladr Cadwallon
*Cadwaladr Ap Cadwallon, Male 1 January 615 - 682
Born, Wales.
Died, of Plague.
Father of *Idwal Cadwaladr. Son of *Cadwallon Cadfan and *Daughter Mercia.
The throne of Gwynedd was usurped after Cadwallon's death by Cadafael Ap Cynfedw (Cadafael Cadomedd). He was not of the lineage of Maelgwn. He battled with Penda, King of Mercia and fled after his defeat at Winwaed Field. The throne then went to the rightful heir, Cadwaladr 'the Blessed'. durus; English: Cadwallader), also known as Cadwaladr Fendigaid ('the Blessed') was a king of Gwynedd. Welsh chroniclers consider him to be one the greatest British kings to have ever lived, Geoffrey of Monmouth included him in his Historia Regum Britanniae (vii,3) as the last in the line of legendary Kings of the Britons. His standard, the red dragon, was later adopted by Henry VII of England, founder of the Tudor dynasty , who claimed descent from Cadwaladr.er was killed by the army of Oswald of Bernicia at the Battle of Heavenfield, and Cadafael Cadomedd took over in Gwynedd. Raised abroad, either in Ireland, Brittany or in a neighboring Welsh kingdom, Cadwaladr eventually reclaimed his family's throne from Cadafael, and went on to challenge the West Saxons in Somerset in 658, unsuccessfully. Cadwaladr was arguably the last Welsh ruler to mount a serious counteroffensive against the Anglo-Saxon forces that had overrun England since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It may be for this reason that Geoffrey of Monmouth chose to end his narrative of British kings with Cadwaladr.nd focused on the domestic situation, establishing several religious foundations in Gwynedd and gaining a reputation as a devout, pious leader; so much so that, after his death, the Welsh church came to regard him as a saint.es suggest he may have been the victim of an earlier plague, in 663/664, but such an early death would seem to extend the reign of his successor, Idwal to an improbable length.., Herald Printers (Westminster Press Ltd.), London, 1973: The Anglo=Saxon Kingdoms, pp. 187-209: The Kings of Wessex, pp. 187-188; Kings of all England, pp. 189-209; The Dukes of Normandy, p. 310; The House of Anjou, p. 311; Kings and Queens of Scotland, pp. 312-320; The Kings and Princes of Wales, pp. 321-326: their works consulted "H.M. Lane's The Royal Daughters of England (1910)"; "Professor F.M. Powicke's Handbook of British Chronology (1939)"; G.E. Cokayne's "Complete Peerage"; "The Dictionary of National Biography"; "Sir John Edward Lloyd's History of Wales"; "The Dictionary of Welsh Biography"; A.C. Addington's "The Royal House of Stuart"; C.A. Starke's "Series of Genealogical Handbooks" et al. y, UT 84150 USA
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