Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN (d. 1246), prince The only son of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth by his wife Joan, natural daughter of king John. As such, he was regarded from his birth, about 1208, as the heir to the strong principality which his father was building up. As early as 1220, the king gave his sanction to the assumption and took the prince and his mother under the protection of the Crown. In 1222, the support of Honorius III was added; four
DAFYDD ap SIANCYN (SIENCYN) ap DAFYDD ap y CRACH (fl. mid 15th century), Lancastrian partisan and poet Descended on his father's side from Marchudd (Peniarth MS 127 (57); Powys Fadog, vi, 221), and on his mother's from prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (Peniarth MS 127 (105), Peniarth MS 129 (128, 130); Dwnn, ii, 102, 132) - she was Margred, daughter of Rhys Gethin, partisan of Owain Glyn Dwr (on him see Lloyd, Owen Glendower, 66). His exploits during the Wars of the Roses are related in Sir John Wynn's
DAFYDD BENFRAS (fl. 1230-1260), poet His father's name was Llywarch, and his home was in Anglesey. He wrote eulogies to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, and an elegy upon his death in 1240. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1244) and Dafydd ap Llywelyn (1246) were also the subjects of elegies by Dafydd Benfras. Soon after Llywelyn ap Gruffydd had started on his campaign against his brother Owain in 1255 and against the English of the Middle Country in
DAFYDD BENWYN (fl. second half of the 16th century), bards of Glamorgan His contemporary, Sils ap Siôn, says that he was from Llangeinor. His bardic teacher was Rhisiart Iorwerth (Rhisiart Fynglwyd,), Llangynwyd, son of Iorwerth Fynglwyd. Some of his work, in his autograph, is in Cardiff MS. 10 and Llanstephan MS 164, and there are extant two large collections of his awdlau and cywyddau, the one in Cardiff MS. 2 (277) and the other in Jes. Coll. MS. 13. He was the
DAFYDD TREFOR Syr (d. 1528?), cleric and bard dictus dominus david ap hoell ap Ieuan ap Iorwerth Rector ecclesie pariochialis de llanallgo in comitatu anglesega' (N.L.W. Carreglwyd document 1824). An elegy on him by Ieuan ap Madoc seems to suggest that he died in 1527 or early in 1528 - Ieuan ap Madoc refers in his elegy to the death of two other contemporary bards, Tudur Aled (died 1526) and Lewis Môn (died 1527). Edward Lhuyd says that Dafydd
DAVID ap HOELL ap IEUAN ap IORWERTH cleric - see , DAFYDD TREFOR, Sir
EDNYFED FYCHAN, noble family of Gwynedd Uchaf, and Creuddyn, but also by the concession, made to all the descendants of Ednyfed's grandfather (Iorwerth ap Gwrgan) that they should for the future hold their lands throughout Wales free from all dues and services other than military service in time of war. This special tenure, known as that of 'Wyrion Eden,' is prominent in the 14th century in the lordship of Denbigh amongst the collateral
EDWARDS, THOMAS DAVID (1874 - 1930), musician Born 15 July 1874 at Pittson, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., son of David Edwards (Iorwerth Glan Elyrch) and his wife, the parents having emigrated from Rhymney, Monmouthshire Being a delicate child, he received very little early education. Coming over to Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, he worked hard at music and gained the diplomas of L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., and F.T.S.C. He was organist of Salem, Porth, until
EINION ap GWALCHMAI (fl. 1203-1223), poet A portion of an awdl by him to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth mentions that prince as fighting against the English, and was therefore probably composed after the turn of the century. He also composed a beautiful elegy to Nest, daughter of Hywel, of Towyn, Meironnydd, and three awdlau to God. In one of these he refers to his intention to go on a pilgrimage over the Alps to the Holy Land. References in his
EINION ap GWGON (fl. c. 1215), one of the poets of the Age of the Princes Only one poem by him is extant, an eulogy to prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great). This is found in Hendreg. MS. and in transcripts of it (B.M. MS. 14, 869, Llanstephan MS 31, Peniarth MS 119). It was published in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, i, 320; Anwyl, The Poetry of the Gogynfeirdd, 113; Llawysgrif Hendregadredd, 50-4; and also in part, in Stephens, The Literature of the
EINION WAN (fl. 1230-1245), poet Six sequences of his englynion are extant, two of which are to Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor of Powys Fadog, two to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (died 1240), and one sequence each to Dafydd (died 1246) and Gruffydd, the sons of Llywelyn. One of the sequences to Madog and one of those to Llywelyn are elegiac, and in each case the other sequence was addressed to the respective princes during their lifetime. The
ELIS DRWYNHIR (fl. c. 1600?), poet of whose work only two examples have been found in manuscript, these being two englynion. An anonymous englyn, written to Elis Drwynhir 'when he became a sheriff's bailiff,' has also been found. Blackwell gives a poet, Elis ab Ifan ap Rhicart or Elis ab Ifan Drwynhir, said to have flourished c. 1600. Foulkes (Enw.) gives a poet, Elis ap Ieuan ap Rhisiart or Elis ab Ifan Drwyndwn, said to have

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