title: Cadwaladr (name)
text: # Cadwaladr (name)
  
  Cadwaladr, Cadwalader or Cadwallader (with other variant spellings) is a given name and surname of Welsh origin meaning "battle-leader". It was most notably held by Cadwaladr, a seventh-century king of Gwynedd, who was the last Welsh king to claim lordship over all of Britain.
  
  ## Pronunciation
  
  The name is pronounced in Welsh and typically /kədˈwɒlədər/ in English.
  
  ## People with the given name
  
  * Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (633–682), king of Gwynedd
  * Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd (c. 1096–1172), third son of Gruffydd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd
  * Cadwaladr ap Rhys Trefnant (fl. 1600), Welsh poet
  * Cadwaladr Cesail (fl. 1620), Welsh poet
  * Cadwaladr Bryner Jones (1872–1954), Welsh agriculturalist
  
  ## People with the surname or patronymic
  
  * Betsi Cadwaladr (1789–1860), Welsh nurse
  * Cadfan ap Cadwaladr (c. 1140 – c. 1215), Lord of Ceredigion (son of Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd)
  * Dafydd Cadwaladr (1752–1834), Welsh Calvinistic Methodist preacher
  * Dilys Cadwaladr (1902–1979), Welsh poet
  * Edward Cadwaladr, 16th-century Welsh poet
  * Ellis Cadwaladr (fl. 1707–1740), Welsh poet
  * Huw Cadwaladr, 17th-century Welsh poet
  * Llewellyn Cadwaladr (1857–1909), Welsh operatic tenor
  * Rhys Cadwaladr (fl. 1666–1690), Welsh poet
  * Carole Cadwalladr, British journalist
  
  ## People with the surname in variant spellings
  
  This section lists people whose surname is a variant spelling of Cadwaladr other than Cadwalader and Cadwallader, which have their own dedicated pages.
  
  * Roger Cadwallador (1568–1610), English beatified Roman Catholic priest and martyr
  * Carole Cadwalladr (born 1969), author and journalist
  