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LLYWELYN ap MAREDUDD ab EDNYFED - gweler LLYWELYN ab EDNYFED
LLYWELYN ap MOEL Y PANTRI (bu farw 1440) Llanwnnog, poet son of the poet (Llywelyn ?),who was nicknamed ' Moel y Pantri,' and father of the poet Owain ap Llywelyn ap Moel y Pantri. He was pupil of a Rhys ap Dafydd ab Iorwerth. His existing poetry includes love poems to a maiden named Euron, one in the form of a dialogue between the poet and his empty purse, and a number of ymryson (controversy) poems addressed to Guto'r Glyn. From his two provocative
LLYWELYN ap RHISIART - gweler LEWYS MORGANNWG
LLYWELYN ap SEISYLL (bu farw 1023), king of Deheubarth and Gwynedd Nothing is known of his father, but his mother, Prawst, was, according to late pedigrees, the daughter of Elisedd, a younger son of Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr. Since he himself married Angharad, daughter of Maredudd ab Owain ap Hywel Dda, he had distant claims to succession in both Deheubarth and Gwynedd, which in the circumstances of the time could be translated into reality by a leader of force and
LLYWELYN BRYDYDD HODDNANT (fl. c. 1300-1350), poet Iolo Morganwg connected him with Glamorgan, but the fact is that there are rivers in Radnorshire and Pembrokeshire called Hoddnant, in addition to that near Llantwit Major in Glamorgan. Two examples of his work are preserved in the Hendregadredd MS. and some other MSS., these being two awdlau addressed to Ieuan ap Gruffudd Foel of the Aeron valley in Cardiganshire.
LLYWELYN FARDD (fl. c. 1150-1175), poet Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn a prince who was alive as late as 1274.
LLYWELYN FAWR (fl. early 13th century), lords of Merioneth The sons of Maredudd ap Cynan. In spite of the breach between their father and Llywelyn I, they were friendly towards Llywelyn from 1215 onwards. The lordship of Merioneth, lost to the family in 1202, may indeed have been restored to them as early as 1221. Though they were confirmed in possession of the 'cantref' by Henry III in 1241, both fought on the side of Dafydd II in 1245. After that date
LLYWELYN FYCHAN ap LLYWELYN ab OWAIN FYCHAN (bu farw c. 1277), lord of Mechain passed to his sons, Gruffydd and Maredudd.
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 He took the part of the Tir Iarll bards in the controversy which followed Hywel ap Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys's elegy upon the death of Hywel Swrdwal about 1470 and in his contribution to this contention he names eight contemporary Glamorgan bards, including himself. He eulogised Sir Roger Vaughan of Tretower at the height of his power, and wrote his elegy when he was beheaded by Jasper Tudor, earl
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 16th century. His prose MSS. are also important; his transcript of Gruffydd Robert's Drych Cristnogawl is the only surviving copy of its three parts in their entirety (Singleton MS. 1, Cardiff); in Llanover MS. B17 we have a version of ' Chwedl Seith Doethon Rufain ' ('The Seven Wise Men of Rome') which is totally different from the nine other versions which have survived in various MSS; while the
LLYWELYN, TOMAS (fl. c. 1580-1610), bard and gentleman of Rhigos in northern Glamorgan. According to one pedigree book he was a descendant of the line of Einion ap Collwyn. Many cywyddau by him survive in manuscripts; he also, like most Glamorgan bards of that period, composed the type of religious songs called cwndidau. The two poems by him which are of the greatest interest to us today are one containing a 'debate' between the church and the tavern

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