ap Einion, Cadwallon Lawhir

442 - 534  (92 years)

• Name	ap Einion, Cadwallon Lawhir  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  		Map of Gwynedd
  Birth	442	Gwynedd, Wales   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Appointments / Titles	Between 500 and 517	Gwynedd, Wales   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  	King of Gwynedd
  FSID	LYGS-XBN  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Death	534	Cardiganshire, Wales   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Person ID	I33627	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	ap Cunedda, Einion Yrth,   b. 423, Firth of Fourth, Scotland d. 500, Caernarvonshire, Wales (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	verch Tithlym, Prawst,   b. 422, Powys, Wales d. 471, Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	441	Rhos, Carmarthenshire, Wales   [4, 8, 10]
  Family ID	F13105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	verch Maeldaf, Queen Meddyf,   b. 446, Kingdom of Gwynedd, Wales d. 500, Kingdom of Gwynedd, Wales (Age 54 years)
  Children	1. ap Cadwallon, King Maelgwyn Hir,   b. 470, Gwynedd, Wales d. 547, Anglesey, Wales (Age 77 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F13101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 442 - Gwynedd, Wales Appointments / Titles - King of Gwynedd - Between 500 and 517 - Gwynedd, Wales Death - 534 - Cardiganshire, Wales  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Wikipedia Cadwallon ap Einion (c. 460-534; reigned from c. 500), usually known as Cadwallon Lawhir ('Long Hand') and also called Cadwallon I by some historians, was a king of Gwynedd. According to tradition, Cadwallon ruled during, or shortly after, the Battle of Mons Badonicus, and King Arthur's victory over the Saxons (in either the early 490s or the mid 510s). Cadwallon's name is not connected with the legendary battle, but he may have benefitted from the period of relative peace and prosperity throughout Britain that it procured. The most momentous military achievement of Cadwallon's reign was the final expulsion of Irish settlers on Anglesey, and the re-absorption of that island, which later became the cultural and political base of the kingdom, into Gwynedd. Cadwallon's epithet, Lawhir, may possibly refer to him having longer than usual arms or might also be a metaphor, referring to the extent of his authority. The late medieval poet Iolo Goch claims that he could "reach a stone from the ground to kill a raven, without bending his back, because his arm was as long as his side to the ground." According to Gildas, Cadwallon's son, Maelgwn Gwynedd, murdered his uncle to ascend to the throne, which suggests that someone other than Maelgwn himself inherited the kingdom upon Cadwallon's death. No clear evidence exists as to who this "lost king" might be (assuming, of course, that Gildas's account is reliable), but some have suggested the name of Owain Ddantgwyn as the unfortunate heir/victim.

  
  

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