Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CYFEILIOG (d. 927), bishop of Llandaff . Of these, five appear to be of lands in Gwent or its border, at Monmouth, Roggiet, Pool Meyrick, Bishton, and Caldicot, and are the gift of Brochwel ap Meurig, king of Gwent in the age of Asser; another donor is Hywel ap Rhys, king of Glewysing (now Glamorgan) at the same period, while the third is Hywel's son Arthfael.
CYFFIN, ROGER (fl. c. 1587-1609), a poet . Davids (Cwrtmawr MS 222D (28)), and Dafydd Llwyd of Dolobran (Aberdare MS. 1 (578)). He also wrote poetry on topical themes, e.g. a cywydd written in judgment on the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and in praise of king James I (Peniarth MS 112: Llyfr cywyddau Siôn ap William ap Siôn (189)), and an englyn giving advice to William Cyffin on his departure for Ireland with the earl of Essex in 1599 (Jes. Coll. MS
CYNAN ab OWAIN (d. 1174), prince he was imprisoned by his father. He took an active part in the resistance to Henry II in 1157, sharing with his brother David the ambush laid in the woods of Hawarden which nearly led to the collapse of the royal expedition. Less creditable was his part in the attempt of five earls in 1159 to capture Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132 - 1197). On the death of his father in 1170 he probably held Eifionydd
CYNAN ap HYWEL (d. 1242?), prince was the son of Hywel Sais (died 1204), who was established by his father, the Lord Rhys (1132 - 1197), at St Clears, and who usually acted with Maelgwn ap Rhys in the family quarrels. Cynan is first heard of in Maelgwn's train, when, in 1210, his cousins, Rhys and Owain, captured him in their attack upon their uncle's camp at Cilcennin. His next appearance is in 1223, when, still in opposition to
CYNAN ap IAGO (d. 1060?), exiled prince was the son of Iago ab Idwal, descended from Rhodri Mawr, and ruler of Gwynedd from 1033 to 1039. Upon the murder of Iago in the latter year by his own men and the accession to power of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, of a different house, Cynan found refuge among the Danes of Dublin. Here he married Ragnhildr, granddaughter of Sitric of the Silken Beard (died 1042), and thus became allied to the royal
CYNAN DINDAETHWY (d. 816), prince 814 Hywel was the victor, but Cynan won back the island in 816, only to die in that year. According to the life of Gruffudd ap Cynan, his descendant, he was of Castell Dindaethwy, which has been identified with the hill-fort near Plas Cadnant, in the parish of Llandysilio (Inv. Anglesey, xciii). He left a daughter, Ethyllt (for the form see Rhys, Celtic Folklore, 480, n.), who became the mother of
CYNDDELW BRYDYDD MAWR (fl. 1155-1200), leading 12th century Welsh court poet to him as 'Cynddelw the big, giant of gatherings'; hence it is to be presumed that he was called 'Mawr' in the first place on account of his size. He had at least one son, named Dygynnelw, who was killed in battle (The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 185a). Cynddelw was appointed leading poet to the court of Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys (died 1160). His two best extant poems resulting from his
CYNDEYRN, saint This Saint is commemorated at Llangyndeyrn in Carmarthenshire. Late-mediaeval genealogies make him the son of Saint Cyngar ap Garthog ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig; his feast was on 25 July, O.S. - the patronal fair at Llangyndeyrn is now held on 5 and 6 August His father, Cyngar, should not be confused with the saint Cyngar / Docwin / Dochau.
CYNFRIG ap DAFYDD GOCH (fl. c. 1420), poet Several of his cywyddau are preserved, among them two in praise of Wiliam of Penrhyn, a cywydd gofyn, and one to Tudur ap Iorwerth Sais (Rhys ap Cynfrig Coch in Cwrtmawr MS 244B (52), Gruffydd Gryg in Llanstephan MS 11 (105), Peniarth MS 64 (122), NLW MS 3047C (793)).
CYNWRIG ap RHYS (d. 1237), prince. Son of the Lord Rhys ap Gruffydd. Nothing is known of him other than the impression he made on Gerald the Welshman when he was travelling through Ceredigion with Archbishop Baldwin preaching the crusade. Gerald says that he was a tall, handsome young man with fair curly hair, dressed in the style of Welshmen of the period - a shirt and a thin clock and barefooted - but lithe and dignified in
CYNWRIG HIR (fl. 1093) Edeirnion The History of Gruffydd ap Cynan relates how Cynwrig came to Chester, where Gruffydd had been a prisoner of earl Hugh for twelve years, how he saw the prince lying in chains, bore him away while the burgesses were having a meal, sheltered him secretly under his roof, and then took him to Anglesey. If the story is true, it was an event of great consequence to Welsh history in view of the
DAFYDD ab EDMWND (fl. 1450-1490), gentleman and bardic master eisteddfod held (1451?) in the presence of Gruffudd ap Nicolas, Dafydd ab Edmwnd won the silver chair for his systematization of Welsh prosody. As far as the bards were concerned he was the final authority on all matters of language and metre; his knowledge of the intricacies of the art was unsurpassed, his metrical skill impeccable. His system dealt only with the old, accepted forms, but he himself

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