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Cadafael (Welsh: Cadafael Cadomedd ap Cynfeddw or Cadafael ap Cynfeddw; meaning 'Cadafael, son of Cynfedd') was King of Gwynedd (reigned 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 the disrespectful sobriquet Cadafael Cadomedd (fully ...
Cadfael Cadomedd, King of Gwynedd. (c.633-664) (Latin: Catumaglus; English: Cadbald) King Cadfael the Battle-Shirker seized the Gwynedd throne upon the death of the mighty King Cadwallon in AD 634. His origins are unknown, though his father's name was Cynfeddw.
CADWALADR (died 664), prince. He was the son of Cadwallon ap Cadfan. On his father's death in 633, Gwynedd fell under the power of an adventurer, Cadafael ap Cynfedw, whose rule seems to have ended with his ignominious retreat from the battlefield of Winwed Field in 654.
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Cadafael, King of Gwynedd . Cadafael son of Cynfeddw was King of Gwynedd (a powerful Brittonic kingdom in what is now north-west Wales) in 655 AD. What do we know about him? Evidence Historia Brittonum. 64. Oswy, son of Ethelfrid, reigned twenty-eight years and six months.
As a first-cousin of Cadwallon, Cadafael ap Cynfeddw was appointed interim king to serve during the minority of Cadwaladr. [23] He relinquished the crown to Cadwaladr c. 655 when the latter attained the age of 28, having served as a somewhat reluctant interim king. [24]
Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (also spelled Cadwalader or Cadwallader in English) was king of Gwynedd in Wales from around 655 to 682 AD. Two devastating plagues happened during his reign, one in 664 and the other in 682; he himself was a victim of the second. Little else is known of his reign.
Cadwallon ap Cadfan (died 634 [1]) 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 as the King of the Britons who invaded and conquered Northumbria, defeating and killing its king, Edwin, prior to his own death in battle against Oswald of Bernicia.
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