Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ANARAWD ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1143), prince Cadwaladr, notwithstanding a marriage alliance between the two families. Owain showed his sense of the tragedy by driving his brother from northern Ceredigion and forcing him to take refuge in Ireland. Anarawd left a son EINION, who was slain in 1163 by his own man, Walter ap Llywarch, at the instigation, it was believed, of earl Roger of Hereford. It may be inferred from the account that Einion was the
ANIAN (d. 1266), bishop of St Asaph He succeeded to the see on the death of Hywel ab Ednyfed (died 1247). The Middle Country was at the time under the control of the Crown, and both Einion himself and his chapter formally conceded, on 15 September 1249, the right of the king to authorize an election and to approve the choice, as in the case of an English bishopric. Before 27 September the bishop elect had done homage and had by
BARDD EINION - see MORRIS, DAVID
CADWGAN (d. 1111), prince as a ruler is not discreditable. Besides the two sons, Henry and Gruffydd, born to his Norman wife, he left Owain (died 1116), Madog, Einion (died 1123), Morgan (died 1128), and Maredudd (died 1124).
CASNODYN (fl. 1320-40), poet as any: ' Main riain firain gain Gymraeg.' The example of the rhupynt metre given in the Red Book version of the ' Guide to Poetic Art ' which is associated with the name of Einion Offeiriad is from Casnodyn's awdl to the Trinity.
CONDRY, WILLIAM MORETON (1918 - 1998), naturalist, conservationist and writer Ceredigion at Felin-y-cwm (in Cwm Einion above Furnace) and finally Ynys Edwin on the Dyfi estuary. Ynys Edwin was originally part of the Ynys-hir Estate owned by Hubert Mappin (of the famed jewellers Mappin & Webb). After Mappin's death in 1966, Condry encouraged his widow Patricia to sell most of the land to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to become a nature reserve, thus bringing
CRADOCK, Sir MATHEW (1468? - 1531), royal official in South Wales Descended from Einion ap Collwyn, he was the son of Richard ap Gwilim ap Evan ap Cradock Vreichfras, and Jennet Horton of Cantelupeston (Candleston) castle near Newton, Glamorganshire. In his official capacity he is said to have wielded tremendous power in South Wales. On his tombstone he is described as deputy to Charles, earl of Worcester, in the county of ' Glamorgan and Morgannwg', as
CUNEDDA WLEDIG (fl. 450?), British prince Ceredigion, Afloeg by Aflogion in Lleyn, Dogfael by Dogfeiling in Dyffryn Clwyd, and Edern by Edeirnion. The Osweilion of Osfael has not yet been located; Tybion, the eldest son, is said to have died in Manaw Gododdin, but his son Meirion (Marianus) comes into the picture as lord of Meirionydd. Einion Yrth completes the number; it was his son, Cadwallon Lawhir (of the long hand), who, according to
DAFYDD ab IFAN ab EINION (fl. 1440-1468), soldier and commander of Harlech Castle during the Wars of the Roses His fame rests on his defence of Harlech castle for the Lancastrians (1460-8) during the Wars of the Roses. His father, Ieuan ab Einion of Cryniarth and Hendwr in Edeirnion, Meironnydd, was a descendant of Llywelyn ap Cynwrig of Cors-y-Gedol; his mother, Angharad, was daughter and heiress of Dafydd ap Giwn Llwyd of Hendwr; his wife was Margaret, daughter of John Puleston of Emral, Flintshire
DAFYDD AP GWILYM (c. 1315 - c. 1350), poet Dafydd ap Gwilym was the son of Gwilym Gam ap Gwilym ab Einion Fawr o'r Tywyn ap Gwilym ap Gwrwared ap Gwilym ap Gwrwared Gerdd Gymell ap Cuhelyn Fardd. His mother's name was Ardudful, and it is possible that the Llywelyn ap Gwilym ap Rhys ap Llywelyn ab Ednyfed Fychan whom the poet referred to as his uncle was a brother of hers. Dafydd's ancestors were prosperous noblemen who had served Norman
DAFYDD ap GWILYM (fl. 1340-1370), poet He was probably born at Brogynin in the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion, son of Gwilym Gam ap Gwilym ab Einion, and thus a member of one of the most influential families in South Wales in the 14th century. His forbears had been king's men for generations. The original home of the family was Cemais in Pembrokeshire, where they are known to have been settled since the beginning of the 12th
DAFYDD DDU ATHRO HIRADDUG (fl. before 1400), a poet was Roger Bacon. Sixteenth century scholars attributed the 'llyfr cerddwriaeth' to Dafydd Ddu and to Einion Offeiriad. Einion flourished about the beginning of the 14th century; it is sometimes suggested that what Dafydd Ddu did was to add to Einion's work. Neither of them is mentioned in the earliest manuscripts of the work except as persons who framed three metres (or measures), three manuscripts

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