Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HYWEL RHEINALLT - see HYWEL ap RHEINALLT
HYWEL SWRDWAL (fl. 1430-1460), poet His French surname suggests that there was foreign blood in his family and perhaps it is right to connect the name Swrdwal with the ' de Surda Valle ' which is found in the name of the Norman ' Robertus de Surda Valle ' who enlisted under the banner of lord Bohemund (1096) for one of the crusades, according to Matthew Paris. It may be, too, that Hywel Swrdwal was one of the descendants of the Sir
HYWEL TUDUR - see ROBERTS, HOWELL
HYWEL Y FWYALL, Syr - see HYWEL ap GRUFFYDD
HYWEL Y PEDOLAU, Syr - see HYWEL ap GRUFFYDD ap IORWERTH
HYWEL YSTORM (or YSTORYN) (fl. first half of the 14th century), clerwr or composer of lampoons
HYWEL YSTORYN - see HYWEL YSTORM
IAGO ab IDWAL FOEL (fl. 942-979), king of Gwynedd Driven out of Gwynedd by Hywel Dda when Idwal Foel died in 942, Iago and his brother, Ieuaf were restored when Hywel died in 950. Civil strife followed, ending in Ieuaf's defeat in 969 : in 979, Iago was in turn imprisoned by Ieuaf's son, Hywel ap Ieuaf, who thereupon became king of Gwynedd. Only Iago can be identified with reasonable confidence among the Welsh who, together with other vassal
IDWAL FOEL (d. 942), king of Gwynedd son of Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr. He became ruler of Gwynedd in 916, and after some resistance accepted the overlordship of the West-Saxon monarchy. After his death during an unsuccessful revolt against the English, in 942, his sons were expelled, and authority passed to his cousin, Hywel Dda. Though two of these sons, Iago and Ieuaf were in time restored, his blood was transmitted to the principal
IEUAF (or IDWAL) ab IDWAL FOEL (d. 985), joint king of Gwynedd For an outline of his life see under Iago ab Idwal. He died in captivity. Two sons, Hywel ap Ieuaf and Cadwallon were, later, kings in Gwynedd.
IEUAN ab EDNYFED ap HYWEL (d. 1403) - see WYNN
IEUAN ap HYWEL SWRDWAL (fl. 1430-1480), poet son of the poet Hywel Swrdwal. Both were associated with the Cydewain district of Powys and with Newtown. They are reputed to have lived for a time at Machynlleth. Among the poems attributed to Ieuan is an awdl to the Virgin Mary written in English but using the strict metres and orthography of Welsh. Its title is ' Owdyl i Fair a wnaeth kymbro yn Rhudychen ' etc. and its first line - 'O meichti

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