IEUAN DDU ap DAFYDD ab OWAIN (Ieuan Dafydd Ddu, Ieuan Dafydd ab Owain), (fl. c. 1440-1480), a poet of Glamorgan.

Nothing is known about him, and no proof exists for connecting him, as Iolo Morganwg does, with Ieuan Ddu, ancestor of the family of Dyffryn, Aberdare. A number of cywyddau are attributed to him in manuscript, but the only certain example of his work appears to be the cywydd to Ieuan Gethin ap Ieuan ap Lleision.

Author

• Ray Looker, Cardiff

Sources

• Jones and Lewis, Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau (1928);
• 'Dictionary of Welsh Biography';
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography;
• G. J. Williams, Traddodiad Llenyddol Morgannwg (1948), 26, 27, 37.

Further Reading

• Wikipedia Article: Ieuan Ddu ab Dafydd ab Owain

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q5990126

Published date: 1959

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