Cadafael (Welsh: Cadafael Cadomedd ap Cynfeddw or Cadafael ap Cynfeddw; meaning "Cadafael, son of Cynfedd") was King of Gwynedd (reigned 634 – c. 655)...

have lost partly because of the defection of a Welsh ally, Cadafael Cadomedd ap Cynfeddw (d. c. 655). The Marwnad Cynddylan certainly mentions Cynddylan aiding...

Cadwallon's death in battle the following year, his successor Cadafael Cadomedd ap Cynfeddw also allied himself with Penda against Northumbria but thereafter...

Cadwallon's death in battle the following year, his successor Cadafael Cadomedd ap Cynfeddw also allied himself with Penda against Northumbria but thereafter...

ap Arthlwys [br] Ceredigion 630–665 Cadwallon ap Cadfan Gwynedd 625–634 Einion ap Idgwyn Beli ap Eiludd Powys 655–695 Cadafael Cadomedd ap Cynfeddw Gwynedd...

According to the Historia Brittonum, Penda's ally Cadafael ap Cynfeddw of Gwynedd (thereafter remembered as Cadomedd, "battle-shirker") abandoned him, along with...

the first not being descended from the male line of Cunedda, as king Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog was the last in the direct male line. Through inheritances...

British kings, and notes that Cadafael ap Cynfeddw joined Œthelwald in avoiding the battle, so gaining the epithet Cadomedd (the Battle-Shirker). The decisive...

list) – Iago ap Beli, King (c.599–c.616) Cadfan ap Iago, King (c.613–c.625) Cadwallon ap Cadfan, King (c.625–634) Cadafael Cadomedd ap Cynfeddw, King (634–c...

commanders (duces regii, as Bede called them), including rulers such as Cadafael ap Cynfeddw of Gwynedd and Aethelhere of East Anglia. Penda also enjoyed the...