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LLYWELYN FYCHAN ap LLYWELYN ab OWAIN FYCHAN (bu farw c. 1277), lord of Mechain He and his brothers, Maredudd and Owain, succeeded their father as joint lords of Mechain sometime before 1241. Though his adherence to the cause of Gwynedd was an uncertain factor in the early years of Dafydd II, he was among the latter's supporters in 1245, and later was prominent among the native vassal magnates of Llywelyn II. He died before 1277, for in that year his share in Mechain had
LLYWELYN GOCH ap MEURIG HEN (fl. c. 1360-1390), poet One of the last of the 'Gogynfeirdd,' and a native of Merioneth. A large number of his poems are preserved in MSS., including a religious poem, poems addressed to Dafydd ap Cadwaladr of Bachelldref, Goronwy ap Tudur of Penmynydd, and to the South Walians - Hopcyn ap Tomas of Ynys Dawy, Llywelyn Fychan and his brother Rhydderch, and Rhys ap Gruffudd ab Ednyfed. His elegy to Lleucu Llwyd (Lucy
LLYWELYN GOCH Y DANT (fl. 1470-1471), bard
LLYWELYN - gweler LLYWELYN ap SEISYLL
LLYWELYN - gweler LLYWELYN ap IORWERTH
LLYWELYN (bu farw 1282) - gweler LLYWELYN ap GRUFFYDD
LLYWELYN SION (fl. second half of the 16th century), poet, farmer, at one time beadle or crier in the courts, a professional copyist by trade, and one of the most important figures in the literary life of Glamorganshire Born at Llangewydd in Laleston near Bridgend. Iolo Morganwg used to insist that Llywelyn Siôn was the genius responsible for reducing into systematic form the ' Mysteries of the Bards of the Isle of Britain,' and that it was 'by his industry and meticulous care that the details of the Mysteries of the Bards were collected' - all of which was, of course, a figment of Iolo's imagination. He owes
LLYWELYN Y GLYN - gweler LEWIS GLYN COTHI
LLYWELYN, TOMAS (fl. c. 1580-1610), bard and gentleman
LLYWELYN-WILLIAMS, ALUN (1913 - 1988), poet and literary critic Alun Llywelyn-Williams was born on 27 August 1913 in Cardiff, and brought up at 39 Penylan Road, Roath, and 33 Ninian Road, Roath Park where his family moved to live when he was eighteen months old. He was the youngest of three children of Dr David Llewelyn Williams (1870-1949), a Welsh Board of Health Medical Officer originally from Bwlchgwyn, Caerhun, Talybont, in the Conwy Valley, and his wife
MADOG ap GRUFFYDD (bu farw 1236), lord of Powys Powys Wenwynwyn.At first friendly with Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Madog deserted his cousin when the latter's fortunes were at a low ebb in 1211. He continued to hold aloof after Llywelyn, in 1212, had re-formed the Welsh confederacy, being treated as an official ally in king John's pay. By 1215 he had adhered finally to Llywelyn's cause, remaining faithful to the end.After his death in 1236 the unity of
MADOG ap GWALLTER, friar, a religious poet homely than was usual among the 'Gogynfeirdd' (this is particularly so in the case of the Nativity poem), and his ode to God would appear to be the work of a man of some theological training. The Franciscans are known to have reached Wales by 1237, for in that year Llywelyn the Great built them a house at Llan-faes. Madog ap Gwallter's verse reveals the freshness and the atmosphere of the early

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