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Dafydd Benwyn was a 16th-century poet, from
Glamorganshire , HQ = Cardiff , Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974) , Origin= , Code = GLA , CodeName = Chapman code , Replace = * West Glamorgan * Mid Glamorgan * South Glamorgan , Mo ...
, Wales. He is thought to have been possibly the most prolific of the bards of Glamorganshire, and two quite large collections of his ''awdlau'' and ''cywyddau'' are known to survive. They include a number of works written in praise of, and containing the genealogies of, some of the wealthiest families of Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, and are quite important in this respect.


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Welsh male poets 16th-century Welsh poets Date of birth unknown Date of death unknown {{Wales-poet-stub