By the seventh century, it was known as the red dragon of Cadwallader, after Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon, legendary king of Gwynedd. The main standard of the Wessex Saxons was a gold dragon ...

Such was the fascination with the mythical creatures that when ruler Owain Glyndŵr attacked Caernarfon Castle in 1401, he reportedly flew a flag depicting a golden ... Wessex." Still, the red ...