Cadwgan Ab ELYSTAN ¹

   Other names for Cadwgan were Ap ELYSTAN and Cadwgon.

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I happened upon your website and saw information on
Elystan Glodrydd, and noted that you welcomed any new
information. I am currently writing a history of my family
and have researched quite a lot about Elystan and his
family.
I am a direct descendant of his and come from the
Shropshire/Wales borders. "Glodrydd" was not another
name for him but a nick-name of sorts. The word
means something like "Renowned (or as other record:
praiseworthy)" - so he was Elystan the Renowned rather
like Alfred was "the Great" or Ethelred "the Unready".
He was not born in 933, as some records say, but circa
970/975. The 933 date came from an inaccurate source
which also claimed he was Earl of Hereford - he was also
not a godson of King Athelstan (the dates just don't
match up).
Cefn Digoll is "Long Mountain" on the Shropshire-
Montgomeryshire border, near Welshpool.
Hope that helps. I'm descended from Ieuaf ap Cadwgan
ab Elystan. Ieuaf was said to have been Cadwgan's
fourth son.
"ap" is normally used for "son of" (as in Mac), but "ab"
is used before a vowel, hence ab Elystan. It is also
usually lower case.
Hope that helps - I have myself been corrected on
much of what I found early on. Its always good to see
something of Elystan's tribe on the net !!
Kind regards
Philip Beddows

   Marriage Information:

Cadwgan married Efa Verch GWRGAN, daughter of Gwrgan Ap ITHEL and Verch CYNFYN. (Efa Verch GWRGAN was born about 979 in Glamorgan, , Wales.)