CADFAN Ystrafael ferch

0350 - 0400  (~ 50 years)

• Name	CADFAN Ystrafael ferch
  Birth	0350	Roman Britannia
  Gender	Female
  Death	0400	Roman Britannia
  Notes	Birth and Parents Boyer states that she was Ystradwel ferch Gadeon, Gadeon in turn being either ab Eudaf Hen or ap Cynan ab Eudaf Hen. [1] In Table III, Rees shows Brian Fendigaid the father of Caradog, the father of Eudaf, the father of Cynan, the father of Cadfan and Caradog, with Cadfan then the father of Stradwen, wife of Coel, they being the parents of Ceneu and Grawl, wife of Edeyrn, Ceneu and Grawl beingtheparents of Cunedda Wledig. [2] Rees further observes that Cadfan, the father of Stradwen, (which is only another name for Ystrafael), must be considered the first person or founder of his family, and the time in which he lived will depend upon the known date of his descendant Liew ab Cynfarch, who was contemporary with Arthur. ' Cadfael and Ystrafael will thus be placed in the first part of the FOURTH century; and Coel Godeburg will be coeval with Constantine the Great, instead of being his grandfatherf, as reported in the legends. The pedigree of Cynan Meiriadog must connence with his grandfather Caradog, ands the notion that he was a descendant of the great Caracxtacus must be set aside. The general period in which he lived may be known from his connecion with the emperor Maximus, the date of whose usurpation is AD 383. [3] Smart calls her Princess Seradvan, daughter of Cadvan[4] Marriage to Coel Hen She married Coel Hen. [1] Coel Godeburg was a chieftain who flourished in the former part of this century. He married Ystrafael or Stradwen, the sister of Cadfrawd, by whom he ha a son, Ceneeu, whose name appears in the catalogues of Saints, and a daughter, Grawl, who married Edeyrn, the father of Cunedda Wledig. [5] Children She had two childreen, listeed by Bartrum, from legend: Ceneu [1] Gwawl, married Cunedda Wledig. [1] In the period 300 to 400, besides Cadfrawd, already mentioned, are included Gwerydd and Iestyn, brothers, and Cadgyfarch and Gwrmael, sons, of Cadfrawd; all of whom are said to have been Saints, but their feast-days are unknown, and no churches have been dedicated to them [5] Ceneu, the son of Coel, probably spewnt his life in the service of religion, for whicfh reason he has been called a Saint; but no churches have been consecrated to his memory; Llangeneu in Becknockshire being assigned to ceney, a daufghter or granddaughter of Brychan. [6] In right of hismother, Gwawl, Cunedda was also entitled to the headship of the lan of Coel Godebog in the south; Ceneu and Mor, the proper representatives of that tribe, being ecclesiastics. Soon after the departure of Maximus to the contient, a people, called Gwyddyl Ffichti, or Isish Picts, to distinguish them from the Picts of the north, landed on t4he western coasts of Britain, and occupied the whole of North Wales, as well as the dimetian counties of South Wales. At a later time, t4he northern Picts made one of their irruptions into the country of their more civilized neighbours,; and Cunedda, being unable to resist them, was forced to seek an asylum to the southward. The proability is that he retired to his maternal kindred. He was t4he father of a numerous family; and his sons, being reducedc to the conditionof advneturers, undertook the enterprise of delivereing Wales from the Irish mauraders. Ancestry shows Ystrafael as the wife of CENAU ap Coel hen, married about 421 in South Rheged, Wales and shows their children as GWRGAST LLEDLWM ap CENAU - King of Greater Rheged MAESWIG GLOFF ap Cenau PABO POST PRYDYN ap Cenue Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Carl Boyer 3rd. Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans. By the author: Santa Clarita, California, 2004. Coel Hen is #1 on page 63. ↑ Rees, 93 ↑ Rees, 94 ↑ Smart, page 4 ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rees, 102 ↑ Rees, 104 Bibliography of Frequently Cited Sources Morris, Lewis, and Evans, Daniel Silvan. Celtic Remains, Contributor Cambrian Archaeological Association. Publisher J. Parker, 1878. Original from Harvard University. Digitized Jul 27, 2007 Rees, Rice.An essay on the Welsh Saints, or the Primitive Chieftains usually considered to have been the Founders of Churches of Wales. London: Longman, etc, 1836. Smart, Thomas Gregory. Genealogy of the Descendants of the Prichards formerly lords of Llanover, Monmouthshire, with an appendix of the pedigrees of the houses, with which that family intermarried (Google eBook). 1868. added 2014-08-03, amb
  Person ID	I59267	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Ap CYNAN Cadfan,   b. Abt 0340, Roma, Lazio, Italy d. Abt 0405, Dumnonia, England (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F347384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ap TEGFAN Coil Hen,   b. Abt 0340, Hen Oglydd, Ancient Britain d. Abt 0420, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Ancient Britain (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. COEL Gwals,   b. Abt 0388, Eburacum (York), Roman Britannia d. Abt 0459, Kingdom of Gwynedd (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026