Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JAMES, JAMES (Iago ap Iago; 1818 - 1843), poet
IAGO ab IDWAL FOEL (fl. 942-979), king of Gwynedd Driven out of Gwynedd by Hywel Dda when Idwal Foel died in 942, Iago and his brother, Ieuaf were restored when Hywel died in 950. Civil strife followed, ending in Ieuaf's defeat in 969 : in 979, Iago was in turn imprisoned by Ieuaf's son, Hywel ap Ieuaf, who thereupon became king of Gwynedd. Only Iago can be identified with reasonable confidence among the Welsh who, together with other vassal
CYNAN ap IAGO (d. 1060?), exiled prince was the son of Iago ab Idwal, descended from Rhodri Mawr, and ruler of Gwynedd from 1033 to 1039. Upon the murder of Iago in the latter year by his own men and the accession to power of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, of a different house, Cynan found refuge among the Danes of Dublin. Here he married Ragnhildr, granddaughter of Sitric of the Silken Beard (died 1042), and thus became allied to the royal
IEUAF (or IDWAL) ab IDWAL FOEL (d. 985), joint king of Gwynedd For an outline of his life see under Iago ab Idwal. He died in captivity. Two sons, Hywel ap Ieuaf and Cadwallon were, later, kings in Gwynedd.
IDWAL ap MEURIG (d. 996), prince of Gwynedd Son of Meurig ab Idwal Foel. He died in exile during the period of Maredudd ab Owain's hegemony over Gwynedd. His son, Iago, later became king of Gwynedd.
HYWEL ap IEUAF (d. 985), king of Gwynedd son of Ieuaf ab Idwal Foel. In 979 he avenged his father by imprisoning his uncle, Iago ab Idwal and assuming the kingship of Gwynedd himself. He was succeeded by his brother, Cadwallon (died 986), who also had no direct male heir. The line was carried on by the heirs of an uncle, Meurig ab Idwal Foel.
IDWAL FOEL (d. 942), king of Gwynedd son of Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr. He became ruler of Gwynedd in 916, and after some resistance accepted the overlordship of the West-Saxon monarchy. After his death during an unsuccessful revolt against the English, in 942, his sons were expelled, and authority passed to his cousin, Hywel Dda. Though two of these sons, Iago and Ieuaf were in time restored, his blood was transmitted to the principal
IAGO ab IDWAL ap MEURIG (d. 1039), king of Gwynedd a great grandson of Idwal Foel. After successive usurpations of legitimate authority in Gwynedd between 986 and 1033 (see Maredudd ap Owain, Llywelyn ap Seisyll, Rhydderch ap Iestyn) the old line was restored in the person of Iago. A brief rule of six years ended in his murder and replacement by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ap Seisyll. His son, Cynan, was the father of Gruffudd ap Cynan who finally re
HUGHES, JAMES BILSLAND (Iago Bencerdd; 1831 - 1878), harpist
DAVIES, JOHN ELIAS (Telynor y Gogledd; 1847 - 1883), harpist and accompanist Born 20 March 1847 at Bethesda, Caernarfonshire. He was taught to play the harp by James Hughes (Iago Bencerdd), Trefriw, D. Morris, Bangor, and William Streatham, Liverpool. When he was 12 years of age he won a prize at the Llangollen eisteddfod (1858) for playing the harp. In later years he won the principal prizes at the eisteddfodau held at Conway (1861), Caernarvon (1862), Rhyl (1863
CADFAN, prince He was the son of Iago ap Beli (died 613), of the line of Maelgwn Gwynedd. Beyond the fact that he ruled over Gwynedd, nothing is known of his history. His tombstone, of the early 7th century, survives in the church of Llangadwaladr, Anglesey; it bears the inscription, 'Catamanus rex sapientisimus opinatisimus (“most renowned”) omnium regum.' Legend gives him a place in the lives of S. Winifred
DAVIES, JAMES (Iago ap Dewi; 1800 - 1869), printer and poet 16 April 1869. His son DAVID DAVIES ('Dewi ab Iago'), who died in 1913, was a great help to Rhys Evans and to religious music in Siloa chapel, Aberdare.

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