Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAFYDD ab EDMWND (fl. 1450-1490), gentleman and bardic master eisteddfod held (1451?) in the presence of Gruffudd ap Nicolas, Dafydd ab Edmwnd won the silver chair for his systematization of Welsh prosody. As far as the bards were concerned he was the final authority on all matters of language and metre; his knowledge of the intricacies of the art was unsurpassed, his metrical skill impeccable. His system dealt only with the old, accepted forms, but he himself
DAFYDD ab IEUAN ab IORWERTH (d. 1503), bishop of St Asaph
DAFYDD ab IFAN ab EINION (fl. 1440-1468), soldier and commander of Harlech Castle during the Wars of the Roses His fame rests on his defence of Harlech castle for the Lancastrians (1460-8) during the Wars of the Roses. His father, Ieuan ab Einion of Cryniarth and Hendwr in Edeirnion, Meironnydd, was a descendant of Llywelyn ap Cynwrig of Cors-y-Gedol; his mother, Angharad, was daughter and heiress of Dafydd ap Giwn Llwyd of Hendwr; his wife was Margaret, daughter of John Puleston of Emral, Flintshire
DAFYDD ab OWAIN - see OWAIN, Sir DAFYDD
DAFYDD ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (d. 1203), king of Gwynedd Son of Owain Gwynedd and Christina, daughter of Gronw ab Owain ab Edwin. Father and mother being first cousins, their union was not recognized by the church, and its issue was deemed illegitimate. Dafydd is first heard of in 1157, when he took an active part in the ambush of Hawarden Woods, which was all but fatal to Henry II. In 1165 he was stationed in Dyffryn Clwyd and opened the conflict of
DAFYDD ALAW (fl. 1550), poet
DAFYDD ap BLEDDYN (d. 1346), bishop Bleyney, parsone de Kirkyn (Cilcen ?)' who did homage in 1301. On 18 July he and a fellow canon brought notice of the death of Llywelyn and received the royal licence to elect. It would seem from Peniarth MS 20 that the chapter had already anticipated this and made choice of Dafydd on 23 June. On 7 September the archbishop was notified of the king's confirmation of the formal election, and on 1 November
DAFYDD ap DAFYDD LLWYD (1549), poet and member of the landed family Of Lloyd of Dolobran, near Meifod, Montgomeryshire; son of Dafydd Llwyd ab Ieuan (on whom see the article Lloyd of Dolobran) and his wife Eva; husband to Alice, daughter of Dafydd Llwyd of Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr. A number of his poems, in the strict metres, remain in manuscripts. They include some to Gilbert Humphrey of Cefn Digoll, Montgomeryshire (1596), Hywel and Siôn Fychan of [Llanfair
DAFYDD (DAVID) ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1283), prince of Gwynedd
DAFYDD ap GRUFFYDD (fl. c. 1600) Drewyn,, poet
DAFYDD ap GRUFFYDD Nantconwy - see WYNN
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

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