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Llywelyn Fychan
Llywelyn Fychan, meaning "Llywelyn the Lesser" or "Llywelyn the Younger", is a name that was applied to a number of minor Welsh lords and princes during the medieval period: *The son of Llywelyn Aurdorchog ( fl. 1065) *The younger son of Maredudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd (fl. early 13th century) *The father-in-law of Gwerful Mechain (15th century) *The paternal grandfather of the poet Siôn ap Hywel Siôn ap Hywel (fl. c.1490-1532) was a Welsh language poet. Siôn composed poems on themes of love and religion. He is noted for his elegy on the death of Tudur Aled Tudur Aled (c. 1465 – 1525) was a late medieval Welsh poet, born in Llansann ... (15th century) {{hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llywelyn Aurdorchog
Llywelyn Aurdorchog (Welsh: "of the Golden Torc"; Latin: ''Torquatus''; c. 1005 – c. 1065) was a Welsh people, Welsh noble who served as the ''penteulu'' ("War-chief") and Prime Minister of the King of Wales, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, and was rewarded with the Lordship of Ial (English: "Yale") and Ystrad Alud, two commotes in northeast kingdom of Powys, Powys. His arms were ''azure, a lion rampant guardant or''.Yorke, Philip & al. The royal tribes of Wales'. Accessed 4 Feb 2013. Llywelyn traced his ancestry to Sandde, a different son of Llywarch Hen from that claimed by the kings of Gwynedd and kings of Deheubarth, Deheubarth. His eldest son Llywelyn Fychan (son of Llywelyn Aurdorchog), Llywelyn Fychan inherited his domain around the year AD 1065. His other sons were Iorwerth ap Llywelyn Aurdorchog, Iorwerth, Idris ap Llywelyn Aurdorchog, Idris, Dolfyn ap Llywelyn Aurdorchog, Dolfyn, and Ednywain ap Llywelyn Aurdorchog, Ednywain.Pughe, Wm. Owen. The Cambridge Biography'. E. Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maredudd Ap Cynan Ab Owain Gwynedd
Maredudd ap Cynan ( 1150 – 1212) was the grandson of Owain Gwynedd, a king of Gwynedd and ruler of most of Wales in the 12th century. His father Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd held the title "Lord of Meirionnydd". Maredudd is known to have fought alongside his brother Gruffudd against his uncle Hywel in 1170 and later fought on the side of his cousin Llywelyn ab Iorwerth between 1194–1197 in a campaign to depose another uncle, Dafydd. It seems likely that Maredudd inherited his father's title in Meirionnydd as a reward for his support from Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, the new ruler of Gwynedd, who would become known to posterity as Llywelyn the Great. Maredudd supported both the Augustinian and Cistercian monastic orders with grants of land and buildings. At some point he seems to have been deprived of his lands for an act of treachery. An elegy written in the Welsh language after Maredudd's death compared him to King Arthur for his battle skills. His territories were inherited by his two son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwerful Mechain
Gwerful Mechain ( fl. 1460–1502), is the only female medieval Welsh poet from whom a substantial body of work is known to have survived. She is known for her erotic poetry, in which she praised the vulva among other things. Life Gwerful Mechain lived in Mechain in Powys. Little is known of her life, but it is generally accepted that she was a descendant of a noble family from Llanfechain. Her father was Hywel Fychan of Mechain in Powys, her mother was named Gwenhwyfar, and she had at least four siblings (three brothers and a sister). She married John ap Llywelyn Fychan and had at least one child, a daughter named Mawd. Work She is perhaps the most famous female Welsh-language poet after Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), who was also from northern Powys. Her work, composed in the traditional strict metres, including cywyddau and englynion, is often a celebration of religion or sex, sometimes within the same poem. Probably the most famous part of her work today is her erotic poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |