Cædwalla renounced his throne and travelled to Rome in 688.įor later Welsh commentators, the myth "provided a messianic hope for the future deliverance of Britain from the dominion of the Saxons". Geoffrey's story of Cadwaladr's prophecy and trip to Rome is believed to be an embellishment of the events in the life of Cædwalla of Wessex, whom Geoffrey mistakenly conflated with Cadwaladr. He renounces his throne in 688 to become a pilgrim, in response to a prophecy that his sacrifice of personal power will bring about a future victory of the Britons over the Anglo-Saxons. In Geoffrey's account, he does not die of plague. He is a prominent character in the romantic stories of Geoffrey of Monmouth, where he is portrayed as the last in an ancient line to hold the title King of Britain. Though little is known about the historical Cadwaladr, he became a mythical redeemer figure in Welsh culture. The association with Cadwaladr is a traditional one, without a firm historical provenance. The red dragon ( Welsh: Y Ddraig Goch), long known as a Welsh symbol, appearing in the Mabinogion, the Historia Brittonum, and the stories of Geoffrey of Monmouth, has, since the accession of Henry VII to the English throne, often been referred to as "The Red Dragon of Cadwaladr".
Two devastating plagues happened during his reign, one in 664 and the other in 682 he himself was a victim of the second. Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (also spelled Cadwalader or Cadwallader in English) was king of Gwynedd in Wales from around 655 to 682 AD.
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