Cadwallader

Also known as: Elidwalda · Family: Britons · Role: king · First appears: Book XII 12–17

Cadwallader, also known as Elidwalda, succeeded his father Cadwalla as king. His mother was Penda’s sister, sharing the same father but a different mother. With his kingdom free from the pestilence, he sought Alan’s assistance in recovering his dominions, and Alan granted his request.

Later, Cadwallader urged Alan to send his son Ivor and his nephew Ini to govern the remaining Britons. He then went to Rome and was confirmed by Pope Sergius. In the six hundred and eighty-ninth year of the Lord’s incarnation, he died after a sudden illness and was admitted into the heavenly kingdom.

Relationship record

Life events

• Cadwallader succeeds his father Cadwalla as king.(Book XII 12–17)
  • With: Cadwalla
  • “He was succeeded in the kingdom by Cadwallader, his son”
• Cadwallader was confirmed by pope Sergius.(Book XII 18–20 · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Sergius
  • “Then Cadwallader, renouncing worldly cares for the sake of God and his everlasting kingdom, went to Rome, and was confirmed by pope Sergius:”
• Cadwallader died and was admitted into the heavenly kingdom.(Book XII 18–20)
  • “and being seized with a sudden illness, was, upon the twelfth before the kalends of May, in the six hundred and eighty-ninth year of our Lord's incarnation freed from the corruption of the flesh, and admitted into the glories of the heavenly kingdom.”

Book XII 12–17

• parent: Cadwalla “He was succeeded in the kingdom by Cadwallader, his son, whom Bede calls the youth Elidwalda.”
• with Alan (interaction) “Cadwallader, being mindful of his kingdom, which was now free from the contagion of the pestilence, desired assistance of Alan towards the recovery of his dominions. The king granted his request”
• elder kin: Penda (Penda was Cadwallader's maternal uncle.) “His mother was Penda's sister, by the same father but a different mother, descended from the noble race of the Gewisseans.”
• with Alan (Alan granted Cadwallader's request for assistance.) “Cadwallader, being mindful of his kingdom, which was now free from the contagion of the pestilence, desired assistance of Alan towards the recovery of his dominions. The king granted his request”

Book XII 18–20

• with Alan (Alan advises Cadwallader.) “he admonished Cadwallader to submit to the divine dispensation, and laying aside the thoughts of Britain, perform what the angelical voice had commanded him”
• child: Ivor “he urged him to send his son Ivor and his nephew Ini over into the island, to govern the remainder of the Britons”
• younger kin: Ini “he urged him to send his son Ivor and his nephew Ini over into the island, to govern the remainder of the Britons”
• with Sergius (Pope Sergius confirms Cadwallader.) “Then Cadwallader, renouncing worldly cares for the sake of God and his everlasting kingdom, went to Rome, and was confirmed by pope Sergius”
• with Sergius (Pope Sergius confirmed Cadwallader.) “Then Cadwallader, renouncing worldly cares for the sake of God and his everlasting kingdom, went to Rome, and was confirmed by pope Sergius”

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Extracted from the original text of The History of the Kings of Britain. Made with Rho MD.