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Caradog ap Meirion

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dates to 754. However, there is no other basis for the date and, as the records are quite sparse in this era, intervening kings cannot be precluded. The sole references to Caradog in the historical record are the appearance of his name in genealogies such as
1231: 164:(reigned c. 816 – c. 825) was Caradog's son, while historical works such as that by Lloyd say that Hywel was the son of Caradog's predecessor and the brother of his successor, King 1128: 670: 265:
Howel. M. Crada6c. M. meircha6n. M. Howel. M. Runya6n. M. Einya6n. M. Idwm. M. Cadwall. M. meic. M. Ewein. M. Cenlas. M. Ewein danwyn. M. Einya6n yrth. M. Cuneda Wledic.
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was not notable and, given the lack of reliable information available, serious histories such that as by
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Phillimore, Egerton, ed. (1887), "Pedigrees from Jesus College MS. 20",
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A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest
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It is assumed Caradog rose to the throne upon the death of King
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of ecclesiastical contention. In 796, a battle occurred at
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Index


cantrefi
king of Gwynedd
North West Wales
Kingdom of Gwynedd
John Davies
John Edward Lloyd
Annales Cambriae
Rhodri Molwynog
Annals of Wales
those in Jesus College MS. 20
Anglo-Saxons
Mercians
Welsh church
Catholic
Easter
Elfodd
longstanding point
Rhuddlan Marsh
Welsh
Myvyrian Archaiology
Iolo Morganwg
Thomas Stephens
Jesus College MS. 20
Hywel
Cynan
"Welsh naming"
Davies 1990

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