Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GRUFFYDD ap RHYS (c. 1090 - 1137), prince of Deheubarth Son of Rhys ap Tewdwr and Gwladus, daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn. When the old South Wales monarchy disintegrated on the fall of Rhys ap Tewdwr in 1093, Gruffydd, the infant heir, was taken to Ireland where he was given asylum during childhood and early manhood. When he returned in 1113, the patriotic support of his younger countrymen was made useless by the cautious conduct of elements as yet
GRUFFYDD ap RHYS (d. 1201), prince of Deheubarth eldest son of Rhys ap Gruffydd and Gwenllian, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd. Founder of the senior line of the 'lord' Rhys's descendants, he was the destined heir to the principal lands of his father in Ystrad Tywi, and was so recognized by the English authorities. The leading events of his short career as lord of Dinefwr were in the main determined by the combined ambitions of his opponents
GRUFFYDD ap RHYS ap GRUFFYDD ab EDNYFED - see GRUFFYDD LLWYD, Sir
GRUFFYDD LLWYD Sir (d. 1335), traditional hero of a supposed Welsh revolt in 1322 Great-grandson of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth's seneschal Ednyfed Fychan. He is described in Welsh pedigrees as lord of Tregarnedd in Anglesey and of Dinorwig in Caernarfonshire; he also held lands at Twynan and elsewhere in north Denbighshire, at Llansadwrn in Carmarthenshire and Llanrhystud in Cardiganshire; Tregarnedd and the Denbigh lands he inherited from his father Rhys ap Gruffydd, who died early
GRUFFYDD, SION (d. 1586?), poet and chaplain to William ap Sir Rhys Thomas, a commander who served under the earl of Leicester in the Low Countries and who was killed at Zutphen in 1586. It is surmised that the poet died at the same time. At least two of his poems have been preserved, one a religious carol and the other a better known carol of longing for Caernarvon, composed when the poet was in Flanders.
GRUFFYDD, WILLIAM JOHN (1881 - 1954), scholar, poet, critic and editor englynion, an introduction explaining a theory of John Rhŷs that the englyn was an adaptation in Welsh of the Latin elegiac couplet (a theory refuted by J. Morris-Jones in his Cerdd Dafod). In 1931 Y Flodeugerdd Gymraeg appeared, an anthology of poetry in the free metres of the period between the seventeenth and the twentieth centuries, with an introduction which is interesting for the light it throws on
GWEIRYDD ap RHYS (fl. c. 1170) - see WYNN
GWEIRYDD ap RHYS - see PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN
GWENLLIAN (d. 1136) Daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan, by Angharad, daughter of Owen ap Edwin. She married Gruffydd ap Rhys shortly after 1116, the most famous of her sons being the 'lord' Rhys ap Gruffydd. At the opening of the great Welsh uprising in 1136, she led an attack on the Norman fortress of Kidwelly, in her husband's absence, and was killed fighting outside the town, at a spot still known as Maes Gwenllian.
GWILYM TEW (fl. c. 1460-1480), one of the bards of Glamorgan The pedigree books describe him as the son of Rhys Brydydd, but some details which are available suggest that he was a brother to that bard. It is evident, therefore, that he was a member of the most renowned family of major bards that Glamorgan ever produced, descendants of Rhys Fychan of Tir Iarll, of the line of Einion ap Collwyn. Although Rhys Brydydd lived in Llanharan it is probable that
GWYNFARDD BRYCHEINIOG (fl. c. 1180), poet Nothing of his work now remains except two poems: ' Canu y Dewi ' ('a poem to Saint David ') and ' Awdyl yr Arglwydd Rys ' ('an awdl to the lord Rhys '); see Hendregadredd MS. 197-207. His name suggests that he was a native of Brecknock; in his ' Canu y Dewi ' he refers to the 'parish of llanddewi where I worship' and it may be that he is referring to one of the places of that name in that county
HAM, PETER WILLIAM (1947 - 1975), musician and songwriter both writers of Without You meant Pete's musical legacy was eclipsed by the group's tragic story. But by the turn of the 21st century, his work was receiving public recognition from a new generation of Welsh musicians, among them James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), Cerys Matthews (Catatonia) and Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals). On 27 April 2013, the City and County of Swansea made Pete

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