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REES, ROBERT OLIVER (1819 - 1881), apothecary, publisher, and author Born at Dolgelley - his mother (Catherine Rees) was a descendant of the family of Owen of Pantphylip, Llangelynnin, Merioneth. He knew Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd) and published a biography of that writer, 1876. He arranged for the publication of Cysondeb y Pedair Efengyl (E. Robinson), 1855, the works of David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) and poems by Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen). A small book which he
REES, WILLIAM (Gwilym Hiraethog; 1802 - 1883), Independent minister, writer editor, and political leader Born at Chwibren-isaf, a farm nestling at the foot of Mynydd Hiraethog, in the parish of Llansannan, Denbighshire, 8 November 1802, the second son of Dafydd and Ann Rees - his elder brother being Henry Rees. His paternal grandfather was a native of Llandeilo who came as an exciseman from Wenvoe, Glamorganshire, to Llansannan, where he married Gwen Llwyd, a descendant of Hedd Molwynog, who had
REYNOLDS, JONATHAN OWAIN (Nathan Dyfed; 1814 - 1891), author Son of Dafydd and Mary Reynolds, born 28 April 1814 in the parish of Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire. He could read Welsh when 5 years old, having been taught by his mother. Nine weeks at a day school was all the education he had. At first a farm labourer, he afterwards became a wheelwright, with his father, and practised that trade at Merthyr Tydfil until his death. He left home to work near Llanelly
RHISIART FYNGLWYD (fl. 1510-1570), poet son of Iorwerth Fynglwyd, and poetic tutor to Dafydd Benwyn. He was also known as Rhisiart Iorwerth. Although his father was a native of S. Bride's Major, Rhisiart lived in Tir-Iarll. In his youth he composed love poems in cywydd metre, and later he sang panegyrics in the strict metres to members of leading families, mainly in Glamorgan, Carmarthen, and Brecknock. These poems include several to
RHOBERT AP DAFYDD LLWYD (fl. c. 1550-1590), poet Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn), to Elis Prys of Plas Iolyn, and to Siôn Conwy. Gutun Tomas and he composed satires upon each other.
RHODRI ab OWAIN (bu farw 1195), prince of Gwynedd son of Owain Gwynedd by Christina, and younger brother of Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd. His share of Owain's dominion was in Anglesey and Arfon, from which he was expelled in 1190 by his nephews, Gruffydd and Maredudd, the sons of Cynan. In 1193 he temporarily reoccupied Anglesey with the aid of a Manx force, having previously contracted to marry a daughter of Reginald, king of Man. Whether he
RHODRI ap GRUFFYDD (bu farw c. 1315), prince of Gwynedd third son of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and Senana, and brother of Owain Goch, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, and Dafydd ap Gruffydd. His first appearance is as a child hostage in the hands of Henry III in 1241. Probably released in 1248, he returned to Wales when Owain and Llywelyn went surety for his loyalty to the king. He later became a victim of Llywelyn's drive against the custom of partible succession
RHYDDERCH AB IEUAN LLWYD (c. 1325 - before 1399?), lawman and literary patron by Y Prydydd Bychan. Amongst the fourteenth-century additions to the manuscript are two poems by Llywelyn Brydydd Hoddnant to Rhydderch's grandfather Ieuan ap Gruffudd Foel and his wife Ellylw (or Elliw), two by Hillyn to Ieuan Llwyd (as well as some anonymous verses to an unspecified Ieuan), and Dafydd ap Gwilym's elegy for Rhydderch's mother, Angharad. Rhydderch was well versed in medieval Welsh
RHYDDERCH, SION - gweler RODERICK, JOHN
RHYS ap DAFYDD LLWYD (bu farw 1469), governor of Montgomery castle - gweler DAFYDD LLWYD
RHYS ap GRUFFYDD (bu farw 1356), nobleman of that union was Sir Rhys ap Thomas. Among other interesting family connections, Sir Rhys was related to Sir Gruffydd Llwyd, and to the poet Dafydd ap Gwilym (a son of his maternal cousin), who has included certain references to Sir Rhys in a poem composed about 1346. There is also a poem by Iolo Goch in Rhys's honour.
RHYS BRYCHAN (fl. c. 1500), poet Twenty-seven of his poems are preserved in manuscript. Among them are an awdl and an elegy to Rosser Fychan of Talgarth, a laudatory poem to Lewis ap Risiart Gwyn of Fan, and poems to Einion Fychan of Tywyn, Watkin Fychan of Treffylip, Sir Morgan ap Sir Siôn Farchog of Tredeigr, William Herbert, and others. Most of his work is found in the following manuscripts: NLW MS 970E (177, 184), NLW MS

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