Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAFYDD AP GWILYM (c. 1315 - c. 1350), poet Dafydd ap Gwilym was the son of Gwilym Gam ap Gwilym ab Einion Fawr o'r Tywyn ap Gwilym ap Gwrwared ap Gwilym ap Gwrwared Gerdd Gymell ap Cuhelyn Fardd. His mother's name was Ardudful, and it is possible that the Llywelyn ap Gwilym ap Rhys ap Llywelyn ab Ednyfed Fychan whom the poet referred to as his uncle was a brother of hers. Dafydd's ancestors were prosperous noblemen who had served Norman
DAFYDD ap GWILYM (fl. 1340-1370), poet Emlyn in 1343. These facts explain why Dafydd, though born at Brogynin, is called by later bards 'nightingale of Dyfed' and 'bard of Teifi's banks'. It is probable that he spent much of his time, and perhaps made his home, in Emlyn with his uncle, Llywelyn ap Gwilym. Nothing is known of Dafydd himself apart from the very few facts which can be gathered from his poems. It appears that he had visited
DAFYDD ap HARRI WYN (fl. 1568), poet
DAFYDD ap HUW'R GOF (fl. 1610-1657), poet
DAFYDD ap HWLCYN ap MADOG (fl. 17th century), poet
DAFYDD ap HYWEL ap IEUAN FYCHAN (fl. ? 1480-1510), poet Little is known about him except that he is said to have been buried at Llandrillo, Meironnydd. His work includes elegies upon two other poets, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and ' Sir ' Rhys.
DAFYDD ap HYWEL GRYTHOR, a player on the crwth
DAFYDD ap IEUAN (IFAN) ab OWEN (fl. 1560), poet
DAFYDD ap IEUAN LLWYD (fl. 1500), poet
DAFYDD ap IFAN ab OWEN - see DAFYDD ap IEUAN ab OWEN
DAFYDD AP LLEWELYN AP HYWEL - see DAFYDD GAM
DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN (d. 1246), prince years later the pope instructed the bishops of Bangor, S. Asaph, and S. Davids to see that the oath of fealty to Dafydd, taken by the magnates of Wales at the king's command was being strictly observed. The attainment of majority was marked in 1229 by the rendering of homage to the Crown; provision was made for an annual grant of £40 from the Exchequer, pending the receipt of an equivalent in land. In

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