EINION ap MADOG ap RHAHAWD (c. 1237), one of the poets of the Age of the Princes

Name: Einion ap Madog ap Rhahawd
Gender: Male
Occupation: one of the poets of the Age of the Princes
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Gildas Tibbott

Only one poem by him is extant, an eulogistic awdl to prince Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. This is found in Hendreg. MS. and in transcripts of it (B.M. MS. 14,869, Llanstephan MS 31 , Peniarth MS 119 ). It was published in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales , i, 391; Anwyl, The Poetry of the Gogynfeirdd, 154; Llawysgrif Hendregadredd, 54-5; and Stephens, The Literature of the Kymry, 371-2.

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Published date: 1959

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