Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MEILYR BRYDYDD (fl. c . 1100-1137), chief court-poet to Gruffudd ap Cynan at Aberffraw. He is considered the earliest of the 'Gogynfeirdd.' Meilyr, and Gwalchmai (his son), and his grand-children, appear to be the likeliest known instance in Wales of a line of hereditary poets, as was usual in Ireland, holding land in return for their eulogies of a particular line of rulers. Trefeilyr and Trewalchmai remain as place-names in Anglesey. Sir J. Morris
OWAIN ab EDWIN (d. 1105) Tegeingl, landowner He and his brother, Uchtryd, were the reputed sons of Edwin ap Gronw, a great-great-grandson of Hywel Dda by Iwerydd, half-sister of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. Though he assisted earl Hugh of Chester in the latter's abortive expedition against Gwynedd in 1098, his daughter, Angharad, married Gruffudd ap Cynan. His son, Gronw, was the father of Christina, second wife of Owain Gwynedd. He should not be
OWAIN FYCHAN ap MADOG ap MAREDUDD (d. 1187), prince of Powys He was one of the sons of Madog ap Maredudd by Susanna, daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan. His share of his father's territories, according to a contemporary poem, lay in Mechain, Cynllaith, and Mochnant-is-Rhaeadr, wedged between the dominions of his eldest brother, Gruffydd ap Madog, and those of his cousin, Owen Cyfeiliog. A minor prince of more than ordinary personality, he met his end at Gwern-y
OWAIN GLYNDWR (c. 1354 - 1416), 'Prince of Wales' Gruffudd ap Cynan; and after the death of Owain ap Thomas ap Rhodri in 1378, few remained with a better claim than his to the heritage of the Llywelyns. He married (perhaps in 1383) Margaret, daughter of David Hanmer of Maelor; there were six sons and several daughters. Of the sons, only Maredudd appears to have survived his father. There is no indication in his early life presaging the events of his
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
PARRY, JOHN (The Blind Harpist; 1710? - 1782), harpist and publisher of music Born at Bryn Cynan, near Nevin, Caernarfonshire, c. 1710. Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) says that his harp teacher was Robert Parry, Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire; Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) says that he received lessons from Stephen Shôn Jones, Penrhyndeudraeth. He became one of the best harpists in the kingdom and took part at concerts given in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Dublin. He was family
PARRY, Sir THOMAS (1904 - 1985), scholar, Librarian of the National Library of Wales, University Principal, poet compiled and published an index of the works of [Sir] Ifor Williams, his Head of Department. In the same year, jointly with E. Curig Davies, he published a volume of general knowledge for children, Gwybod, llyfr y bachgen a'r eneth. He produced the tenth in a series of Pamphlets for Welsh Pacifists (Tystiolaeth y Tadau, 1942), he wrote a booklet on Eisteddfod y Cymry (1943), and co-edited with Cynan a
PIERCE, ELLIS (Elis o'r Nant; 1841 - 1912), author of historical romances and bookseller Rhobert (Dolyddelen, 1880); Yr Ymfudwr Cymreig (Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1883); A Guide to Nant Conway (Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1884); Rhamant Hanesyddol: Gruffydd ab Cynan (Dolyddelen and Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1885); Gwilym Morgan (Bala, 1890); Syr Williams o Benamnen (Caernarvon, 1894); Teulu'r Gilfach (Caernarvon, 1897); and Dafydd ab Siencyn yr Herwr, a Rhys yr Arian Daear (Caernarvon, 1905). He contributed
RHODRI ab OWAIN (d. 1195), prince of Gwynedd son of Owain Gwynedd by Christina, and younger brother of Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd. His share of Owain's dominion was in Anglesey and Arfon, from which he was expelled in 1190 by his nephews, Gruffydd and Maredudd, the sons of Cynan. In 1193 he temporarily reoccupied Anglesey with the aid of a Manx force, having previously contracted to marry a daughter of Reginald, king of Man. Whether he
RHODRI MOLWYNOG (d. 754), king of Gwynedd son of Idwal son of Cadwaladr (died 664) of the line of Cunedda Wledig. He was succeeded by two sons, Hywel (died 825) and Cynan.
RHYS ap GRUFFYDD (Yr Arglwydd Rhys, The lord Rhys), (1132 - 1197), lord of Deheubarth Younger son of Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Tewdwr by Gwenllian, daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan. He was only 4 years old when his father died and leadership of the revolt against Norman rule in South Wales passed to his half-brothers - Anarawd and Cadell. As a youth of 13 he appears with his elder brother, Maredudd, fighting under Cadell's direction in 1146. The next ten years saw the old kingdom of
RHYS AP TEWDWR (d. 1093), king of Deheubarth (1078-1093) dynastic rivals in pursuit of his own claims. Brut y Tywysogyon dates the beginning of his rule circa 1078 without stating the bounds of his domain. Rhys won a momentous victory in 1081 at the battle of Mynydd Carn where he allied with the Gwynedd lord Gruffudd ap Cynan who had recruited a mercenary force from Ireland. The laconic notice in the earliest (circa 1100) text of the Annales Cambriae states

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