Cadwallon is a

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name derived from the

Common Brittonic Common Brittonic ( cy, Brythoneg; kw, Brythonek; br, Predeneg), also known as British, Common Brythonic, or Proto-Brittonic, was a Celtic language spoken in Britain and Brittany. It is a form of Insular Celtic, descended from Proto-Celtic, a ...

''*Katuwellaunos'' (

Proto-Celtic Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, is the ancestral proto-language of all known Celtic languages, and a descendant of Proto-Indo-European. It is not attested in writing but has been partly Linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed through the compar ...

*''Katu-welnā-mnos'') "The One Who (-mnos) Leads (welnā-) in Battle (katu-)". The same name belonged to the

Catuvellauni The Catuvellauni (Common Brittonic: *''Catu-wellaunī'', "war-chiefs") were a Celtic tribe or state of southeastern Britain before the Roman conquest, attested by inscriptions into the 4th century. The fortunes of the Catuvellauni and their k ...

who lived in what is now

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, one of the most powerful British polities in the

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who led the resistance against the Romans in 43 CE and possibly against Caesar in 55 and 54 BCE as well. ''Cadwallon'' is not to be confused with ''Caswallon'', which derives from ''*Kađđi-welnā-mnos'' (the same name as

Cassivellaunus Cassivellaunus was a historical British military leader who led the defence against Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC. He led an alliance of tribes against Roman forces, but eventually surrendered after his location was revea ...

), meaning "The Passionate Leader". Note that in Cornish, both ''Katuwellaunos''(/Catuvellaunus) and ''Kađđiwellaunos''(/Cassivellaunus) give the form Kaswallon, which adds to the confusion. Cadwallon may refer to: * Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion (reigned early 6th century), King of Gwynedd *

Cadwallon ap Cadfan Cadwallon ap Cadfan (died 634A difference in the interpretation of Bede's dates has led to the question of whether Cadwallon was killed in 634 or the year earlier, 633. Cadwallon died in the year after the Battle of Hatfield Chase, which Bede rep ...

(reigned early 7th century), King of Gwynedd * Cadwallon ab Owain (died ), prince of Deheubarth *

Cadwallon ab Ieuaf Cadwallon ap Ieuaf (died 986) was a King of Gwynedd. Cadwallon was the son of Ieuaf ab Idwal and succeeded to the throne of Gwynedd on the death of his brother Hywel ab Ieuaf in 985. He only reigned for a year, for in 986 Maredudd ab Owain of Deh ...

(died 986), King of Gwynedd *

Cadwallon ap Gruffydd Cadwallon ap Gruffydd (c. 1097 – 1132) () was the eldest son of Gruffudd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd. Early life Cadwallon was born in the village of Walesey in the county of Caernarvonshire in Wales. His mother was Angharad ferch Owain, the ...

(12th century), son of Gruffudd ap Cynan *

Cadwallon ap Madog Cadwallon ap Madog was the son of Madog ab Idnerth who had died in 1140, while Idnerth was a grandson of Elystan Glodrydd who had died in around 1010 and had founded a dynasty in the Middle Marches of Wales, in the area known as Rhwng Gwy a Hafren ...

(12th century), ruler of Maelienydd * ''Cadwallon'' (role-playing game), a 2006 game published by Rackham *

Cædwalla of Wessex Cædwalla (; 659 – 20 April 689 AD) was the King of Wessex from approximately 685 until he abdicated in 688. His name is derived from the Welsh Cadwallon. He was exiled from Wessex as a youth and during this period gathered forces and ...

(c. 659 – 689), King of Wessex (''Cædwalla'' is the Old English spelling of ''Cadwalla'' (< Brythonic ''*Katuwallios''), an alternative form of the same name.)

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