Cadwallon ap Einion (c. 460-517[1] or 534[2]), usually known as Cadwallon Lawhir ('Long Hand') and also called Cadwallon I by some historians, was a Welsh ruler around 500.
Cadwallon was the son of Einion Yrth and Prawst ferch Deithlyn.[3] He is often considered to have been king of Gwynedd from his father's death in about 500 until his own death some time between 517 and 534.[2]
He is credited with having driven the last Irish settlers off the island of Anglesey.[4] According to one tradition, Cadwallon and his army padlocked their own feet to their stirrups so that they could not be tempted to flee the battle.[5]
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."[6]
According to Gildas, Cadwallon's son, Maelgwn, murdered his uncle in order to ascend the throne, which suggests that the actual king of Gwynedd was not Cadwallon but his brother Owain Ddantgwyn.
Caswallon's Llysedit
There has been a longstanding association, in antiquarian writings, between Cadwallon and a possible Llys (medieval royal court building) known as Caswallon's Llys. This was indicated on the Ordnance Survey map of 1889 as within a field near Mynnydd Eilian, in the Llaneilian community, in the north-east corner of the Isle of Anglesey. With no obvious remains by the 20th century, it had been largely discredited as a Llys site until a geophysical survey in 2009 identified foundations of a rectangular building within a trapezoidal enclosure, for which an early medieval site was a strong possibility.[7]
^ abMichael Ashley (1998). British Monarchs: The Complete Genealogy, Gazetteer, and Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings & Queens of Britain. Robinson. p. 139. ISBN978-1-85487-504-4.
^William Jenkins Rees (1853). Lives of the Cambro British Saints. W. Rees. p. 593.
^David A. Pretty (2005). Anglesey: The Concise History. University of Wales Press. p. 8. ISBN978-0-7083-1943-7.
^Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (1955). The Story of Wales. Faber & Faber. ISBN9787250010744.
^Sabine Baring-Gould; John Fisher (1908). The Lives of the British Saints. For the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, by C. J. Clark. p. 46-47.
^George Smith and David Hopewell (2010). The Ancient Landscape of Môn Archaeological Survey Project (PDF) (Report). Cadw/Gwynedd Archaeological Trust. p. 35. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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