Cadwaladr (name)
Cadwaladr, Cadwalader or Cadwallader 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 in Welsh and typically in English.People with the given name
- Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon, king of Gwynedd
- Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd, third son of Gruffydd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd
- Cadwaladr ap Rhys Trefnant, Welsh poet
- Cadwaladr Cesail, Welsh poet
- Cadwaladr Bryner Jones, Welsh agriculturalist
- Cadwalader Ringgold, American Naval Officer
People with the surname or patronymic
- Betsi Cadwaladr, Welsh nurse
- Cadfan ap Cadwaladr, Lord of Ceredigion
- Dafydd Cadwaladr, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist preacher
- Dilys Cadwaladr, Welsh poet
- Edward Cadwaladr, 16th-century Welsh poet
- Ellis Cadwaladr, Welsh poet
- Huw Cadwaladr, 17th-century Welsh poet
- Llewellyn Cadwaladr, Welsh operatic tenor
- Rhys Cadwaladr, Welsh poet
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, English beatified Roman Catholic priest and martyr
- Carole Cadwalladr, British author and journalist