Dictionary of Welsh Biography

IEUAN DAFYDD DDU - see IEUAN DDU ap DAFYDD ab OWAIN
IEUAN DDU - see HARRIS, JOHN RYLAND
IEUAN DDU - see THOMAS, JOHN
IEUAN DDU ap DAFYDD ab OWAIN (fl. c. 1440-1480), poet 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.
IEUAN DEULWYN (fl. c. 1460), poet Llwyd ap Gwilym of Castell Hywel, Llywelyn ap Dafydd ab Einion of Llanllawddog, and his family, Siôn ap Dafydd of Llys Newydd, and John Lewys and his father of Prysaddfed in Anglesey. He composed religious and love poetry, and also one poem of controversy, or ymryson, addressed to Bedo Brwynllys; Ieuan was himself a keen Yorkist, and he accused Bedo of being hypocritical in this matter. An elegy
IEUAN DRWCH Y DARAN (fl. c. 1370-1400?), poet One example of his work, a prophecy, is published in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales. It is also suggested (in Early Vaticinatory Material …) that the prophecy attributed to 'y brawd Ieuan ' in Peniarth MS 58 belongs to Ieuan Drwch y Daran.
IEUAN DU'R BILWG (fl. c. 1470), poet
IEUAN DYFI (1461? - 1500), poet
IEUAN (IFAN) DYLYNIWR (fl. 1520-1567), harpist and bard
IEUAN EBBLIG - see GRIFFITHS, EVAN
IEUAN FARDD - see EVANS, EVAN
IEUAN FARDD DDU - see THOMAS, EVAN

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