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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Carodoc King Of Wales Note Born: Married: Died: Father: Bran The Blessed King Of Wales Mother: Unknown
WIFE
Name: Born: Died: Father: Mother:
CHILDREN
Name: Cyllin Born: Died:
Name: Cynon Born: Died:
Name: Eurgain Born: Died:
Name: Gladys Claudia Born: Died: Husband: Rufusroman Senator Pudens
Name: Lleyn Linus The Martyr Born: Died:
NOTES
1). Caradoc, Caractacus, Caradawg Strong Arm Caradoc s birth book or pedigree register records hi s a n c e stors as follows Aedd Mawr lived around 1300 BC w a s t h e father of Brydain who was the father of Anny n Tr o w ho w a s the father of Selys Hen who was the fathe r o f Brw t wh o wa s the father of Cymryw who was the fath er o f Itho n wh o wa s the father of Gweyrydd who was th e fathe r of Pe redu r wh o was the father of Llyfeinydd wh o was th e fathe r of T euge d who was the father of Llaria n who wa s the fat her o f Ithe l who was the father of Eni r Fardd w ho was th e fathe r of Ca lchwynydd who was the f ather of L lywarch wh o was th e fathe r of Idwal who was t he father o f Rhun wh o was the f ather o f Bleddyn who wa s the fathe r of Morga n who was th e father o f Berwynwh o was the fat her of Cera int Feddw wh o was the fa ther o f Brywlais wh o was the fath er of Alafo n who was the f at her of Dinga d who was the fat her of Greid iol who was t h e father of C eraint who was th e father of Me irion wh o was t he father of Arch who was th e father of Cai d wh o was the fa the r of Ceri who was the f ather of Baran w h o was the fath e r of Llyr who was the fat her of Bran wh o w as the fathe r o f Caradoc. Magna Charta Caradoc was born at Trevan, Llanilid Glamorganshir e . H i s main residence was at Abergwaredigion the Mee ti ng Pla c e of the Saved Released Ones . He was a grand so n o f Lly r , nephew of Casswallan, his daughter was Eur gan , an d he w a s a first cousin to Arthur. misc. sourc es ...Then a proud, handsome man, of bold and eloquent s p e e c h said that it was a wonder how a large force cou l d b e co nt ained in such a confined area, the more so a s t he y had p rom ised to be at the Battle of Baddon Bath ? b y n oon in o rde rto fight against Osla Big Knife. Y ou ma y ch oose to g o o r not to go, but I will go. He sa id. Af ter t hat, twent y fo ur horsemen came from Osla Bi g Knif e to as k Arthur fo r a tr uce to the end of a mont h an d a fortnigh t. Arthur ro se an d went to seek advice he w alked toward s a big man wi th cur ly, auburn hair w ho stoo d a little way off, and his advisors were brought Bidwini, Gwarth e g y d d son of Caw , March son or Meirchyawn , Caradaw g S tr o n g Arm, Gwalchmei son of Gwyar , Peredur Long Sp ear , Gr an we n son of Llyr , Gwryhr Interpreter of Langu ages , Ffl ewd w r Fflam, Greidyawl Enemy Subduer, Cawrda v so n of Car ada w g Stong Arm ... The Mabinogion Tacitus, describing the stand made by the Silurian s u n d e r the immortal Caradoc ap Bran at Caer Caradoc, n ea r Kn ig ht on, county Radnor, states The intrepid coun ten ance s o f th eir whole army and the spirit which anima te d them , str uck t heRoman commander, Ostorius, with as ton ishment ...Th e chief tains of the various tribes wer e see n busy i n ever y directi on. They raced along the ra nks o f their ar my. The y exhorte d their warriors, they r ouse d the timid , they inu red the va lient, and by promis es in flamed the a rdour of al l...Caracta cus was seen alt ernate ly in every p art of his a rmy. He gall oped along t he line s, exclaimin g aloud Thi s day, my comra des, thi s very d ay, decides t he fate of al l Britain! Aft er a desperat e shooting b y both sides, th e Roman legion s lo cked thei r iron shield s over their head s and advanc ed lik e the en cased roof o f a slated house. Al l of th e warriors o f Rom e were thus c oncealed from the Bri tons , who, Tacitus a dm its, were supe rior as archers and cr o ssbowmen to the Rom a n army. This s hell formation of th e R omans advancing, t hre w the unarmou red Britons into c onfusi on, and they sca ttere d in all dir ections. It seem s that Ca radoc was mome ntaril y expectin g his relative , General Gwyn , to arriv e with rein forcemen ts, and he h ied to meet him . But the y missed each o ther a nd while G eneral Gwyn was co nquerin g Caerwent, Carado c wa s captur ed by Argwedd Voeddi g Que en Cartismandua of t h enort h of England a.k.a Bryn ac k of the Britons and Br iga nt e , the wife of Gwyn. In ch a ins, Caradoc was hande d a ca p tive to the Romans, appare ntl y Ostorius. Caradoc a nd h is so n Cyllin Linus , and h is da ughter Eurgain Clau di a of Caesar s household , wer e after wards placed in Ro m e in the car e of Pomponia Grae cenia, wi fe of the Roma n Re gent, Genera l Plautus comman der in th e invasion o f AD 43 . Pomponia wa s later charge d at Rome w ith havin g embrac ed a foreign sup erstition . History o f Wales ...Bran was saddened to hear of Branwen s disgrace.. . T h e y held a council and decided to set out for Irelan d , le av in g seven men behind as leaders, with Caradawg s o n of B ra n a s chief, and seven horsemen as well. Thes e la st wer e le ft i n Edeirnyawn, for which reason the to wn i s calle d Seit h Mar chawg. The seven leaders were Car adaw g son o f Bran, H eveyd d the Tall, Unig Strong Should ers , Iddig so n of Anara wd Cur ly Hair, Ffodor son of Erv yll , Wlch Bon e Lip, and Ll assar s onof Llassar Llaes Gy ngwy d, and th e Chieftain of D yved wh o was a young lad wit h them. The se seven stayed b ehind a s stewards in c harg e of the islan d, and Caradawg so n of Bra n was thei r chie f steward...A s they journeyed alon g a compa ny of men an d women approac hed. What news? aske d Manawyd a n. None. They answered , except Casswallawn, s on o f Beli , has c onquered the Isl and of the Mighty, an d i s crowned ki ng i n London. Wha t happened to Caradaw g so n of Bran and t h emen who were l eft with him? Cas swallaw n fell upon th e m and killed six , and Caradawg s heart brok e with despa ir a t seeing the s word killin g the men and no t knowing w ho wa s doing it. Ca sswallaw n had clothed himsel f in a ma gic cloa k sothat n o one c ould see him killing th e men , only the sw ord howe ver , he did not want to kill Ca rad awg, who was hi s nephe w , his sister s son. The Chiefta i n of Dyved, who w a s a you th with the seven men, escape d in to the forest. T he Ma binogion The men went to Catraeth, swift was their army, th e p a l e m ead was their feast, and it was their poison t hre e h un dre d men battling according to plan, and afte r th e gla d wa r cr y there was silence. Thought they wen t to t he chu rche s to d openance, the inescapable meetin g wit h death o verto ok them ...The men went to Catraeth , they w ere renown ed, wi ne and m ead from gold cups wa s their dri nk for a ye ar, i n accordanc e with the honore d custom. Th ree men an d thre e score and three hundred , wearing gol d necklets, o f all t hat hastened ou t afte r the choice dr ink nine escap ed by th ree, through fea t s of sword pla y the two war do gs of Aer on, and stubbo r n Cynon an d I too, streaming wit h blood, b y grace o f my brillian t poetry...The men hasten ed out, the y gall oped togeth er short lived were they, dr unk over th e cl arified mead , t he retinue of Mynyddawg, fa mous in stre s s of battle thei r lives were payment for th eir feas t o f mead. Cara dawg an dMadawg, Pyll and Ieuan, G wgaw n and Gw iawn, Gwyn n and Cynf anm Peredur of the stee l we apons, Gwaw rddur an d Aeddan, cha rging forward in batt l e among broke n shield s and though th ey were slain th e y slew, none retu rned t o his lands... We lsh Elegy, a ttr ibuted to Aneirin Oppression persisted in brings on death Caradoc

						

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