Llywarch ap Llywelyn
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Llywarch ap Llywelyn (1173 – 1220) was a medieval Welsh poet. He often used the bardic name "Prydydd y Moch".
Llywarch was a poet in the court of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and is known for a number of awdls in praise of his Lord. Llywarch's succesors in the court of Gwynedd was the poet Dafydd Benfras.
[edit] References
- J Lloyd-Jones, 'The Court Poets of the Welsh Princes', Proceedings of the British Academy, 1948
- Gwaith Llywarch Ap Llywelyn "Prydydd y Moch" Ed. Elin M. Jones and Nerys Ann Jones, Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd (1991).