Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Caradog (d.1035)

by Thomas Frederick Tout

CARADOG (d. 1035), a South Welsh prince, was a son of Rhydderch, who had seized the government of Deheubarth, and died in 1031 at the hands of Irish pirates. Caradog did not, however, manage to succeed to Rhydderch's power, which fell to Howel and Maredudd, sons of Edwin, who are said to have brought the Irish against Rhydderch. War ensued between the new rulers and the sons of Rhydderch, and in 1032 the latter were defeated in an action at Hiraethwy. Before long the death of Maredudd restored victory to Caradog and his brothers (1035). Before the year was out Caradog himself was slain by the English. The event is not noticed in the English chronicles.

[Annales Cambriæ, Rolls Series; Brut y Tywysogion, Rolls Series; Gwentian Brut (Cambrian Archæological Association).]

T. F. T.