Family
Cadfan ap Iago of Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd 1) Born ± 569 Died ± 625, approximately 56 years Notes: Cadfan ap Iago (c. 569 - c. 625) was King of Gwynedd (reigned c. 616 - c. 625). Little is known of the history of Gwynedd from this period, and information about Cadfan and his reign is minimal. Married/ Related to: N.N. Child: 1. Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd 1)Died ± 634 Notes: Cadwallon ap Cadfan (died 634) 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 the Kingdom of Northumbria, defeating and killing its king, Edwin, prior to his own death in battle against Oswald of Bernicia. His conquest of Northumbria, which he held for a year or two after Edwin died, made him the last Briton to hold substantial territory in eastern Britain until the rise of the House of Tudor. He was thereafter remembered as a national hero by the Britons and as a tyrant by the Anglo-Saxons of Northumbria. |
Sources
1) Source: Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table . External Linkhttp://sites.rootsweb.com/~medieval/llywelyn.htm (Data from secondary evidence)