Cadwaladr, Cadwalader or Cadwallader (with other variant spellings) is a

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and

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of Welsh origin meaning "battle-leader". It was most notably held by

Cadwaladr Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (also spelled Cadwalader or Cadwallader in English) was king of Gwynedd in Wales from around 655 to 664 or 682. He died in one of two devastating plagues that happened in 664 and in 682. Little else is known of his reig ...

, a seventh-century king of

Gwynedd Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...

, who was the last Welsh king to claim lordship over all of Britain.

Pronunciation

The name is pronounced in Welsh and typically in English.

People with the given name

* Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (633–682), king of Gwynedd *

Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd (c. 1100 – 1172) was the third son of Gruffudd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd, and brother of Owain Gwynedd. Appearance in history Cadwaladr first appears in the historical record in 1136, when following the killing of the ...

(c. 1096–1172), third son of Gruffydd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd * Cadwaladr ap Rhys Trefnant (fl. 1600), Welsh poet * Cadwaladr Cesail (fl. 1620), Welsh poet * Cadwaladr Bryner Jones (1872–1954), Welsh agriculturalist

People with the surname or patronymic

Betsi Cadwaladr Betsi Cadwaladr (24 May 1789 – 17 July 1860), also known as Beti Cadwaladr,''Welsh National Heroes'' by Alun Roberts, Y Lolfa, 2002 Betsi Davis, and Elizabeth Davis, was a Welsh nurse. She began nursing on travelling ships in her 30s (1820s) ...

(1789–1860), Welsh nurse * Cadfan ap Cadwaladr (c. 1140 – c. 1215), Lord of Ceredigion (son of

) * Dafydd Cadwaladr (1752–1834), Welsh Calvinistic Methodist preacher * Dilys Cadwaladr (1902–1979), Welsh poet * Edward Cadwaladr, 16th-century Welsh poet * Ellis Cadwaladr (fl. 1707–1740), Welsh poet * Huw Cadwaladr, 17th-century Welsh poet * Llewellyn Cadwaladr (1857–1909), Welsh operatic tenor * Rhys Cadwaladr (fl. 1666–1690), Welsh poet

People with the surname in variant spellings

This section lists people whose surname is a variant spelling of Cadwaladr other than Cadwalader and Cadwallader, which have their own dedicated pages. * Roger Cadwallador (1568–1610), English beatified Roman Catholic priest and martyr *

Carole Cadwalladr Carole Jane Cadwalladr (; born 1969) is a British author, investigative journalist, and features writer. She was a features writer for ''The Observer'' and formerly worked at ''The Daily Telegraph''. Cadwalladr rose to international prominence i ...

(born 1969), British author and journalist

Pronunciation

People with the given name

People with the surname or patronymic

People with the surname in variant spellings

See also