Caradog Freichfras

Abt 815 -

• Name	Caradog Freichfras
  Birth	Abt 815	of Gwynedd, Wales   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	of Rhos, North Wales   [2]
  Person ID	I39363	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family
  Children	+ 1. Lluddoca ap Caradog Freichfras,   b. Abt 850
  Family ID	F23121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2023

  
  

• Notes

  "Freichfras" means "long arm", not "strong arm" as widely stated. Darrell Wolcott, in "Ynyr Gwent and Caradog Freich Fras" (citation details below), in disambiguating this man from the Caradog Freich Fras of the fifth and sixth centuries, says that the earlier Caradog "suffered some kind of injury which resulted in one arm being larger than the other." This Caradog's parentage is unknown, although Wolcott speculates that he could have been a son of Hywel ap Caradog ap Meirion (~780-~825) a king of Rhos who fought Cynan Dindaethwy for Mon (Anglesey) in around 813-816, and ruled there for about three years.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7045] Darrell Wolcott, "Ynyr Gwent and Caradog Freich Fras" at Ancient Wales Studies. [S7044] Darrell Wolcott, "The Clan of Tudor Trevor" at Ancient Wales Studies.