Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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 ap MADOG ap RHAHAWD (fl. c. 1237), one of the poets of the Age of the Princes Only one poem by him is extant, an eulogistic awdl to prince Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. 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, 391; Anwyl, The Poetry of the Gogynfeirdd, 154; Llawysgrif Hendregadredd, 54-5; and Stephens, The Literature of the Kymry, 371-2.
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
ELEANOR DE MONTFORT (c. 1258 - 1282), princess and diplomat Eleanor was youngest child and the only surviving daughter of Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester (c. 1208-1265) and his wife, Eleanor (1215?-1275), countess of Pembroke and Leicester. Eleanor's brothers were Henry de Montfort, Simon de Montfort, Amaury de Montfort, Guy de Montfort and Richard de Montfort. She was the wife of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (died 1282). It is not known where Eleanor was
ELIDIR SAIS (fl. end of the 12th century and the first half of the 13th.), a poet to be found in Dr. Henry Lewis's Hen Gerddi Crefyddol (together with a note on their authenticity in the introduction, xi). Elidir does not appear to have approved of Llywelyn the Great's aggressive policy. He mourns the death of Rhodri very bitterly, and laments that there is no one left to 'curb aggressors.' Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd was forced by the rise of his nephew, Llywelyn, to retreat to
ELLIS, ELLIS OWEN (Ellis Bryn-coch; 1813 - 1861), artist letters of introduction to other artists in London, whither Ellis had gone in 1834 to study and to paint. Some of his work was exhibited in the galleries in London, and he won a number of art prizes. ' The Battle of Rhuddlan Marsh,' ' Caradog before Caesar in Rome,' and ' The Fall of Llywelyn the last Prince of Wales,' are three of his titles. The works by which he is best known in Wales are (a) the
FITZ ALAN family, lords of Oswestry and Clun, and later earls of Arundel John attacked and burned Oswestry in 1216, as JOHN FITZ ALAN I (died 1241), one of his opponents, was friendly with Llywelyn the Great till 1217. John was one of the Crown representatives in a dispute between Henry III and Llywelyn the Great in 1226, while in the same year he mediated in a dispute between William Pantulf, lord of Wem, Salop, and Madog ap Gruffydd. During the conflict between Henry
FITZ WARIN family, lords Whittington, Alderbury, Alveston after having been outlawed. Fulk aided Llywelyn the Great against the English in 1217, but made peace with the government of Henry III by February 1218. Whittington was captured by Llywelyn at the start of 1223 and in 1226 Henry III met the lord of Gwynedd at Shrewsbury to discuss the trouble caused by Fulk Fitz Warin and other border barons. The enmity between Llywelyn and Fulk Fitz Warin resulted in
FITZOSBERN, WILLIAM (d. 1071), earl of Hereford, lord of Breteuil in Normandy , allowing many to retain their lands on the favourable terms granted by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, and the Welsh reeves (meiri) were not displaced. Before his last departure from the country, he came to terms with Maredudd ab Owain by granting him the vill of Ley. To stabilize his defensive system of border castles, he attached chartered boroughs to them, attracting settlers by granting favourable conditions
GAMAGE family Coety, Coity, left little trace of their existence. The latter married a Welsh heiress, Margaret, daughter of Llywelyn ap Ieuan Llywelyn of Radyr. The connections of two better-known contemporaries, Ralph, steward of the manors of the bishop of Llandaff in 1440 and coroner of Glamorgan in 1446, and Gilbert, seneschal of Ogmore, 1441, with the Coety family, are not known. John Gamage's son, MORGAN, married Eleanor
GRIFFITH family PENRHYN, Griffith ap Tudor ap Madog ap Iarddur; her possessions are said to have formed part of the estates of Iarddur, supposed founder of one of the so-called 'fifteen tribes', who had received them as part of a grant to him of the commote of Arllechwedd Uchaf by Llywelyn the Great. No record evidence exists of such a grant. The surveys of Anglesey and Caernarvon of 1352 prove the existence of Iarddur, but

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