Caradog, Caradoc, Caradawg, or Cradawg, Latinised as Caratacus and anglicised as Craddock, is a given name for men in the Welsh language. It may refer to:

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* Caradog ap Bran, son of Bran the Blessed in Welsh mythology *

Caratacus Caratacus was a 1st-century AD British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who resisted the Roman conquest of Britain. Before the Roman invasion, Caratacus is associated with the expansion of his tribe's territory. His apparent success led ...

, first-century British chieftain at the time of the Roman conquest * Caradocus, mythical British king of the fourth century * Caradoc, suitor of

Saint Winifred Saint Winifred (or Winefride; ; ) was a Wales in the Early Middle Ages, Welsh virgin martyr of the 7th century. Her story was celebrated as early as the 8th century, but became popular in England in the 12th, when her hagiography was first writ ...

* Caradog ap Meirion, eighth-century king of Gwynedd *

Caradoc Caradoc Vreichvras (; Modern , ) was a semi-legendary ancestor to the kings of Gwent. He may have lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is remembered in the Matter of Britain as a Knight of the Round Table, under the names King Carados and C ...

, figure from history and the Matter of Britain * Caradoc of Llancarfan, twelfth century author of a ''Life of Gildas'' * Saint Caradoc, 12th century Welsh hermit * Griffith Rhys Jones (Caradog), conductor of the ''Côr Mawr'' of some 460 voices (the South Wales Choral Union), which twice won first prize at Crystal Palace choral competitions in London in the 1870s * Caradog Roberts, 19th century Welsh composer * Caradoc Evans, 20th century Welsh author and playwright * Caradog Prichard, 20th century Welsh poet and novelist * An antagonist named for Griffith Rhys Jones in Susan Cooper's novel ''

The Grey King ''The Grey King'' is a contemporary fantasy novel by Susan Cooper, published almost simultaneously by Chatto & Windus and Atheneum in 1975. It is the fourth of five books in her Matter of Britain#The Arthurian cycle, Arthurian fantasy series '' ...

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* Caradoc, Ontario, a Canadian township now part of Strathroy-Caradoc * Caer Caradoc, a hill in the English county of Shropshire * Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn), an Iron Age hill fort in Shropshire * Caradoc Series, a geological subdivision of the Ordovician System * HMS ''Caradoc'', two ships of the Royal Navy

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