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ASSER (bu farw 909), bishop and scholar the attacks of the local prince, king Hyfaidd of Dyfed (died 892), and it was hoped that the bishop's friendship with Hyfaidd's overlord, the powerful ruler of Wessex, would put an end to this trouble. Alfred found his new tutor indispensable; he heaped favours upon him, which culminated in the episcopal care of Devon and Cornwall, then part of the great diocese of Sherborne. All this is recounted
BLEGYWRYD (fl. c. 945), an authority on the ancient laws of Wales Several of the oldest manuscripts of the laws testify to the importance of Blegywryd in the work of the council which Howel the Good (Hywel Dda) caused to be assembled in the ' White House on the Taf in Dyfed,' c. 945. There is mention of the selection of thirteen learned men from among the large congregation to codify and edit the laws, and since Blegywryd is the only one mentioned by name it is
teulu BOWEN Llwyn-gwair, The members of this family trace their descent up to Gwynfardd Dyfed (c. 1038). The first to adopt the family surname was probably EVAN BOWEN, Pentre Evan. Many members served as high sheriffs; throughout they have played their part in public affairs. JAMES BOWEN, sheriff in 1622, was at Llwyn-gwair when Lewys Dwnn made his 'visitation' of Pembrokeshire in 1591. James married Elenor, daughter of
CARADOG ap GRUFFYDD ap RHYDDERCH (bu farw 1081) third and more formidable opponent appeared in Rhys ap Tewdwr in 1081. Thus the stage was set for the famous battle of Mynydd Carn fought somewhere in northern Dyfed, where Rhys, fortified by the approval of bishop Sulien of S. Davids and with the help of Gruffudd ap Cynan, inflicted a crushing defeat upon Caradog and his northern allies. Caradog is no more heard of; he left a son, Owain, on whom see
teulu CLARE Cadwgan, died 1111) and Dyfed by way of punishing Owain ap Cadwgan, and who built the first castles at Cardigan and 'Llanbadarn' (i.e. Aberystwyth). Another of Richard's sons was WALTER (died 1138), often confused with a nephew of the same name, who (before 1119) was granted lands in Gwent Iscoed, with the castle of Chepstow; he was the founder of Tintern abbey, and on his death without issue these
DAFYDD ap GWILYM (fl. 1340-1370), poet Emlyn in 1343. These facts explain why Dafydd, though born at Brogynin, is called by later bards 'nightingale of Dyfed' and 'bard of Teifi's banks'. It is probable that he spent much of his time, and perhaps made his home, in Emlyn with his uncle, Llywelyn ap Gwilym. Nothing is known of Dafydd himself apart from the very few facts which can be gathered from his poems. It appears that he had visited
DAFYDD BENFRAS (fl. 1230-1260), poet 1256, Dafydd sang his praise, and some of the prince's early victories, such as his expedition to Ceredigion in 1256 and to Dyfed and Glamorgan in 1257 were celebrated in Dafydd's poems. The poet indeed claims to be Llywelyn's pencerdd. There is one poem by him to Gruffydd ab Ednyfed (Fychan?). His elegy was sung by Bleddyn Fardd, who states that he was killed in Deheubarth and buried at Llangadock
DAVIES, ROBERT (Bardd Nantglyn; 1769 - 1835), poet and grammarian warmly supported by him. It was he who won the prize at Caerwys in 1798 for an awdl on 'Cariad i'n Gwlad,' and in the provincial eisteddfod of Dyfed held at Carmarthen in 1819 he was co-adjudicator with Iolo Morganwg. His successes included the prize at Wrexham in 1820 for an awdl on the death of George III, and several prizes at Beaumaris in 1832. But his eisteddfod activities brought him also a good
DAVIES, WALTER (Gwallter Mechain; 1761 - 1849), cleric, poet, antiquary, and literary critic trophy for his ode 'on the death of the outstanding military officer Sir Thomas Picton, noble knight from the province of Dyfed in south Wales, who was killed at the apex of the Victory in the bloody Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815'. (A free-metre poem by Gwallter Mechain to honour Picton, composed 'on the request of J[ohn] J[enkins]' was included in the latter's collection 'Melus-seiniau Cymru' (1817
DYFED - gweler REES, EVAN
EDWARDS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Padarn; 1786 - 1857), poet preserved: and that all should not fall into oblivion', there was no need to include his contribution to the Carmarthen eisteddfod of 1819, which had already appeared in Awen Dyfed (1822). In his ode for this meeting, 'on the death of the outstanding military officer, Sir Thomas Picton', he commemorated Picton's career in the West Indies, including his promotion to 'Famed governor.../ In Trinidad
EINION ap COLLWYN (fl. 1100?), prince and warrior According to tradition, he quarrelled with Iestyn ap Gwrgant, and in consequence invited the Normans to invade Glamorgan. He is a semi-legendary figure, and it is significant that at least three different accounts of his descent are given us. According to one story, he was the son of Collwyn ap Gwaethfoed of Ceredigion; another makes him the son of Cadifor ap Collwyn of Dyfed; while poets like

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