Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MAREDUDD ap CYNAN ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (d. 1212), lord of Eifionydd, part of Ardudwy, and Merioneth and co-founder of the Cistercian house of Cymmer Gruffydd died in 1200, Maredudd acquired Llŷn, of which he was deprived in 1201 for suspected treachery against Llywelyn. In 1202 his other territories were taken from him, but Merioneth at least was later restored to his family - see Llywelyn Fawr and Llywelyn Fychan. He was co-founder in 1198 or 1199 of the Cistercian house of Cymmer. His elegy was sung by 'Prydydd y Moch' (Llywarch ap Llywelyn).
MERFYN FRYCH (d. 844), king of Gwynedd son of Gwriad, probably a Manx chieftain and a reputed descendant of Llywarch Hen, by Ethyllt, a princess of Gwynedd. On the death, in 825, of Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog, his mother's uncle, he became king in Anglesey, and later, on the death of Hywel ap Caradog, appears to have acquired the kingship of the adjacent mainland cantrefs. Thus were united the inheritances of the last direct descendants
OWAIN GWYNEDD (OWAIN GWYNEDD; c. 1100 - 1170), king of Gwynedd Second son of Gruffudd ap Cynan and Angharad, daughter of Owain ab Edwin, The existence of another Owain ap Gruffydd, known as Owain Cyfeiliog, explains the use of the distinctive style of ' Owain Gwynedd.' He married (1) Gwladus, daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn, (2) Christina, his cousin, daughter of Gronw ap Owen ap Edwin, to whom he remained constant despite the active disapproval of the
OWEN, GERALLT LLOYD (1944 - 2014), teacher, publisher, poet readiness to sell Wales to strangers field by field and house by house. His poetry reflects his pride in his lineage (which he claimed could be traced back to Llywarch Hen!), his consciousness of what made him what he was and of the society he was brought up in, but there is in it also much of the bitterness of one who was disappointed in his compatriots and their compliant Britishness. Branwen Jarvis
POWEL, THOMAS (1845 - 1922), Celtic scholar had one son. His friends at Oxford included Griffith Ellis of Bootle and Llywarch Reynolds of Merthyr. In Cardiff he became a valued member of the Cardiff Library committee and both the city and the college owe him a deep debt of gratitude for enabling them to acquire their valuable collections of literary treasures, both manuscripts and books. From the inception of the National Library of Wales, he
PRICE, RICHARD (1723 - 1791), philosopher ,' Dissenting minister and tutor Religion Education Richard Price's father. Son of Rees Price, Betws, he was educated at Bryn-llywarch, succeeded (1697-1739) Samuel Jones, both as pastor, at Cildeudy, Bridgend, and Betws, and as tutor, at Tyn-ton. He was maternal uncle and testamentary guardian of Ann Maddocks (formerly Thomas, the 'Maid of Cefnydfa'), and signed her marriage settlement (1725). SAMUEL PRICE
PUGH, WILLIAM (1783 - 1842) Bryn-llywarch, Radical landlord and entrepreneur
PUGHE, WILLIAM OWEN (1759 - 1835), lexicographer, grammarian, editor, antiquary, and poet -English dictionary. The work grew to an enormous extent. The first part appeared in 1793; in 1803 the whole work was published in two large volumes, which included a Welsh grammar also. It was Owen Pughe who assisted Owain Myfyr to edit Barddoniaeth Dafydd ap Gwilym, 1789; in 1792 he published the poetry of Llywarch Hen, with an English translation. He edited the English magazine, The Cambrian Register
REYNOLDS, JONATHAN OWAIN (Nathan Dyfed; 1814 - 1891), author englynion and tribannau, of which he made a large collection. His compositions contained an excessive number of obsolete words. He translated some of Shakespeare's tragedies into Welsh. He died 17 July 1891 and was buried in Cefncoedcymer cemetery. His eldest son LLYWARCH OWAIN REYNOLDS (1843 - 1916), Celtic scholar Scholarship and Languages He was educated at Llandovery College, was articled to a firm of
REYNOLDS, LLYWARCH OWAIN (1843 - 1916), Celtic scholar - see REYNOLDS, JONATHAN OWAIN
RHYS GRYG (d. 1234), prince and both names are given him in the panegyric addressed to him by ' Prydydd y Moch ' (Llywarch ap Llywelyn), and printed in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, i, 292-4. He was the fourth son of the ' lord ' Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132 - 1197), by Gwenllian, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd of Powys. He was an unreliable man, who rebelled against his father, played off one of his brothers against another
ROWLANDS, EURYS IONOR (1926 - 2006), Welsh scholar articles and notes in this field as well as a new edition of Awdlau Cadeiriol Detholedig y Ganrif Hon, 1900-25 (1959) and Llywarch Hen a'i Feibion (Aberystwyth, 1984). He was an able student of linguistics and his published notes on Welsh grammar and syntax reveal how knowledgeable he was in contemporary linguistic theory. He was a poet of merit though he published little of his poetry. He married Nina

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