Caradog, Caradoc, Caradawg, or Cradawg, Latinised as Caratacus and anglicised as Craddock, is a given name for men in the Welsh language. It may refer to:

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Caradog ap Bran Caradog ap Bran (sometimes spelled as Caradoc) is the son of the British king Bran the Blessed in Welsh mythology and literature, who appears most prominently in the second branch of the Mabinogi, the tale of Branwen ferch Llŷr. He is further men ...

, son of Bran the Blessed in Welsh mythology * Caratacus, first-century British chieftain at the time of the Roman conquest * Caradocus, mythical British king of the fourth century * Caradoc, suitor of Saint Winifred *

Caradog ap Meirion Caradog ap Meirion (died ) was an 8th-century king of Gwynedd in northwest Wales. This era in the history of Gwynedd was not notable and, given the lack of reliable information available, serious histories such that as by Davies do not mention ...

, eighth-century king of Gwynedd *

Caradoc Caradoc Vreichvras (; Modern cy, Caradog Freichfras, ) was a semi-legendary ancestor to the kings of Gwent. He may have lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is remembered in the Matter of Britain as a Knight of the Round Table, under the na ...

, figure from history and the Matter of Britain *

Caradoc of Llancarfan Caradoc of Llancarfan (Welsh: ''Caradog o Lancarfan'') was a Welsh cleric and author associated with Llancarfan in Wales in the 12th century. He is generally seen as the author of a ''Life of Gildas'' and a ''Life of Saint Cadog'', in Latin. Da ...

, twelfth century author of a ''Life of Gildas'' *

Saint Caradoc Caradoc or Caradog was a Welsh hermit and harpist. Life Caradoc was a Welsh nobleman, native of Brecknockshire, who, after he had received a liberal education, enjoyed the confidence of Rees, prince of South Wales, and held an honourable place ...

, 12th century Welsh hermit *

Griffith Rhys Jones Griffith Rhys Jones (21 December 1834 – 4 December 1897), commonly known as Caradog, was a Welsh conductor of the famous 'Côr Mawr' of some 460 voices (the South Wales Choral Union), which twice won first prize at The Crystal Palace chor ...

(Caradog), conductor of the ''Côr Mawr'' of some 460 voices (the South Wales Choral Union), which twice won first prize at Crystal Palace choral competitions in London in the 1870s. *

Caradog Roberts Caradog Roberts (30 October 1878 — 3 March 1935) was a Welsh composer, organist and choirmaster. Roberts was born in Rhosllannerchrugog to John and Margaret Roberts. He showed musical talent since his childhood, winning several prizes at Wels ...

, 19th century Welsh composer * Caradog Prichard, 20th century Welsh poet and novelist * An antagonist named for Griffith Rhys Jones in Susan Cooper's novel ''

The Grey King ''The Grey King'' is a contemporary fantasy novel by Susan Cooper, published almost simultaneously by Chatto & Windus and Atheneum in 1975. It is the fourth of five books in her Arthurian fantasy series '' The Dark is Rising''. ''The Grey King ...

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* Caradoc, Ontario, a Canadian township now part of Strathroy-Caradoc *

Caer Caradoc Caer Caradoc ( cy, Caer Caradog, the fort of Caradog) is a hill in the English county of Shropshire. It overlooks the town of Church Stretton and the village of All Stretton and offers panoramic views to the north towards the Wrekin, east t ...

, a hill in the English county of Shropshire *

Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn) Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn) ( Welsh – ''Caer Caradog'') is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in the south-west of the English county of Shropshire, near the town of Clun. It overlooks the village of Chapel Lawn. It is located ...

, an Iron Age hill fort in Shropshire *

Caradoc Series In geology, Caradoc Series is the name introduced by Roderick Murchison in 1839 for the sandstone series of Caer Caradoc in Shropshire, England. It is the fifth of the six subdivisions (in ascending order) of the Ordovician System, comprising all t ...

, a geological subdivision of the Ordovician System * HMS ''Caradoc'', two ships of the Royal Navy

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