Bleddyn Fardd (fl. c. 1258 – 1284) was a Welsh-language court poet from

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. Bleddyn is noted for his elegies on the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd,

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, the texts of which are preserved in the Hendregadredd manuscript.

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Welsh-language poets 13th-century Welsh poets Year of birth uncertain 1284 deaths {{Wales-poet-stub