Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, GAINOR (1745 - 1780), fasting woman Grace Roberts 'from Bettws y coed in the parish of Llanfor', who evidently knew Gainor, and Evan James (Ieuan ap Iago; died 1804) from Llanfachreth sang their poems to the fasting lady, the last in the cywydd metre. The reports published in the Chester Chronicle suggest how Gainor may have become a legend during her lifetime, with visitors travelling between forty and fifty miles to see her; by the
HUGHES, JAMES (Iago Trichrug; 1779 - 1844), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and Bible commentator Blessings' and also in the controversy [see Hugh Hughes, 1790 - 1863 ] with regard to the emancipation of the Catholics. He died at his home at Rotherhithe 2 November 1844 and was buried in Bunhill Fields. He was a frequent contributor to the Welsh periodicals and became known in bardic circles by the name Iago Trichrug. His hymns alone have lived, many of them being sung to this day in Wales. His 'magnum
HUGHES, JAMES BILSLAND (Iago Bencerdd; 1831 - 1878), harpist
HYWEL ap IEUAF (d. 985), king of Gwynedd son of Ieuaf ab Idwal Foel. In 979 he avenged his father by imprisoning his uncle, Iago ab Idwal and assuming the kingship of Gwynedd himself. He was succeeded by his brother, Cadwallon (died 986), who also had no direct male heir. The line was carried on by the heirs of an uncle, Meurig ab Idwal Foel.
IAGO ab IDWAL ap MEURIG (d. 1039), king of Gwynedd a great grandson of Idwal Foel. After successive usurpations of legitimate authority in Gwynedd between 986 and 1033 (see Maredudd ap Owain, Llywelyn ap Seisyll, Rhydderch ap Iestyn) the old line was restored in the person of Iago. A brief rule of six years ended in his murder and replacement by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ap Seisyll. His son, Cynan, was the father of Gruffudd ap Cynan who finally re
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
IAGO ap DEWI - see DAVIES, JAMES
IAGO ap DEWI - see DAVIES, JAMES
IAGO ap IAGO - see JAMES, JAMES
IAGO ap IEUAN - see JAMES, EVAN
IAGO BENCERDD - see HUGHES, JAMES
IAGO EMLYN - see JAMES, JAMES

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