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Cadwaladr, Cadwalader or Cadwallader (with other variant spellings) is a given name and surname of Welsh origin meaning "battle-leader". It was most notably held by Cadwaladr, a seventh-century king of Gwynedd, who was the last Welsh king to claim lordship over all of Britain.
Pronunciation
The name is pronounced [kadˈwaladər] in Welsh and typically /kədˈwɒlədər/ in English.
People with the given name
- Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (633–682), king of Gwynedd
- Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd (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 (1789–1860), Welsh nurse
- Cadfan ap Cadwaladr (c. 1140 – c. 1215), Lord of Ceredigion (son of Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd)
- 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
- Carole Cadwalladr, British journalist
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 (born 1969), author and journalist
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