Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CATRIN ferch GRUFFUDD ap HYWEL (fl. c. 1555), poet
CHERLETON family Northumberland and lord Bardolf, rebels and allies of Glyn Dwr, 1406, and was the friend of Adam Usk. In November 1417 Sir John Oldcastle was captured at Broniarth, near Welshpool, by Sir Gruffydd Vaughan and his brother Ieuan ap Gruffydd, aided by Hywel ap Gruffudd ap Dafydd ap Madog and Deio ap Ieuan ap Iorwerth ab Adda, two yeomen. These men surrendered Oldcastle to their overlord Edward Cherleton, whose
CHRISTINA , she actively supported her sons Dafydd and Rhodri, in their attack upon their half-brother Hywel in 1170; an unknown poet, playing upon her name, speaks bitterly of her unchristian behaviour. The Welsh form of her name is Cristin; the ' Crisiant ' of the Gwentian Brut (The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, ii, 572) is a fancy of Iolo Morganwg.
CONWAY family Botryddan, Bodrhyddan, predecessors, JENKYN CONWAY (died about 19 September 1432), grandson of Richard, married a Welshwoman, Marsli, daughter of Maredudd ap Hywel ap Dafydd of Cefn-y-fan, ancestor of the Wynn family of Gwydir, and the accession of Elizabeth I found the family firmly established as an integral part of Flintshire society. JOHN CONWAY (died 1578), grandson of Thomas Conway (died before 1526), and great-great
CYFEILIOG (d. 927), bishop of Llandaff . Of these, five appear to be of lands in Gwent or its border, at Monmouth, Roggiet, Pool Meyrick, Bishton, and Caldicot, and are the gift of Brochwel ap Meurig, king of Gwent in the age of Asser; another donor is Hywel ap Rhys, king of Glewysing (now Glamorgan) at the same period, while the third is Hywel's son Arthfael.
CYNAN ab OWAIN (d. 1174), prince was the son of Owain Gwynedd by an unknown mother. In 1145, he and his brother Hywel joined in an attack upon Cardigan; the town was sacked, but the castle was not taken. Two years later the two brothers invaded Meirionnydd and drove out their uncle Cadwaladr; as they entered the cantref from opposite directions it would seem that Cynan was now established in Ardudwy. In 1150 it is recorded that
CYNAN ap HYWEL (d. 1242?), prince was the son of Hywel Sais (died 1204), who was established by his father, the Lord Rhys (1132 - 1197), at St Clears, and who usually acted with Maelgwn ap Rhys in the family quarrels. Cynan is first heard of in Maelgwn's train, when, in 1210, his cousins, Rhys and Owain, captured him in their attack upon their uncle's camp at Cilcennin. His next appearance is in 1223, when, still in opposition to
CYNAN DINDAETHWY (d. 816), prince was, according to the oldest pedigree, the son of Rhodri, a grandson of Cadwaladr (died 664). Inasmuch as Rhodri (usually found with the epithet 'Molwynog') died in 754 and Cynan is first mentioned in 813, this descent is open to question. His brief appearance in history gathers round a struggle with a certain Hywel, whom Dr. David Powel treats as his brother, for the possession of Anglesey. In
DAFYDD ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (d. 1203), king of Gwynedd that year with a raid on Tegeingl, in which he carried off much booty. The death of his father in November 1170 opened up a new prospect; he and his brother Rhodri attacked and slew their half-brother, Hywel ab Owain, in a battle near Pentraeth in Anglesey. In 1173 he made an onset upon another half-brother, Maelgwn ab Owain, and drove him from Anglesey, to find a refuge in Ireland. 1174 was the year
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 ap GWILYM (fl. 1340-1370), poet all parts of Wales : he knew Gruffudd Gryg of Anglesey and Madog Benfras of Maelor. He sang to Newborough in Anglesey, visited the cathedral at Bangor, and eulogized the dean, Hywel ap Goronwy. Men and women of noble birth in Ceredigion were also the subjects of eulogies by him. It has been generally supposed that Dafydd's chief patron was Ifor ap Llywelyn, or Ifor Hael, of Bassaleg (now in
DAFYDD ap HYWEL ap IEUAN FYCHAN (fl. ? 1480-1510), poet

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