Caradoc
5th-6th century Celtic king in South Wales or Brittany
Caradoc Vreichvras (Modern Welsh: Caradog Freichfras, 'Caradoc Strongarm') was a legendary ancestor to the kings of Gwent who is supposed to have lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is remembered in the Matter of Britain as a Knight of the Round Table, under the name Carados, often with the epithet Briefbras (French for 'Shortarm').
Quotes about Caradoc
edit- Have ye seen the tusky boar,
Or the bull, with sullen roar,
On surrounding foes advance?
So Caradoc bore his lance.- Thomas Gray, "Caradoc", in Poems, ed. W. Mason (1775)
