Cadell ab Einion ab Owain

Events

Date of Birth: about 975.

This estimated date is given by Bartrum (EVWG [42]).

Date of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Einion ab Owain ap Hywel Dda.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (EVWG [42]) and given by Lloyd/Thornton. It is given by Giraldus Cambrensis (Description of Wales 1:167).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Elinor ferch Gwerystan (born about 990).

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (EVWG [42]).

Children:

Tewdwr Mawr.

References

Bartrum, Peter C (ed.) Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts. (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1968). [

The sources Bartrum gives for Cadell are:

Mostyn MS. 117 -- dated to the last quarter of the 13th century (“Rys m. Gruffudd m. Rys m. Tewdwr m. Kadell m. Eynon m. Owein m. Hywel da m. Kadell m. Rodri mawr m. Meruyn vrych”);

Jesus College MS. 20 -- dated to the last part of the 14th century (“Rees gryc m. Rees mwynuawr m. Gruffudd m. Rees m. Tewdwr m. Cadell m. Einyawn m. Ewein m. Howel da m. Kadell m. Rodri mawr”;

Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru (“Plant Einyawn m. Ewein: Tewdwr, [Cadell]”, “Plant Tewdwr mawr [ap Cadell]: Rhys a Rhydderch ag Elen”, “Rrys ap Gruffudd ap Rrys ap Tewdwr [ap Cadell] ap Eynon ap Ewein ap Howel dda ap Kadell ap Rhodri,”).

Bartrum, Peter C., [42] in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.

The sources Bartrum cites for Cadell are his own Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts; Peniarth 132 (125)-- a MS by Gruffudd Hiraethog and Lewys ab Edward; and Llyfr Baglan by John Williams, 1600.

Giraldi Cambrensis. Opera, Volume VI: Itinerarium Kambriæ (James F. Dimock, ed.) (London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1868).

Lloyd, J.E. rev. David E. Thornton. “Rhys ap Tewdwr” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Oman, Sandra. “Cadell ab Einion” in Tree: Wales. Welsh Medieval Database Primarily of Nobility and Gentry.