Gwilym Rhyfel (
fl.
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12th century) was a
Welsh-language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina).
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poet and warrior.
Gwilym's surviving work are poems of intercession to
Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd
Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd ( – 1203) was king of Gwynedd from 1170 to 1195. For a time he ruled jointly with his brothers Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd and Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd.
Dafydd was the son of Owain Gwynedd and Cristin ferch Goronwy ab O ...
.
Gwilym's name also comes down through history in the work of
Gruffudd ap Gwrgenau and
Iorwerth Beli (14th century) who name Gwilym as one of the four chief poets of his era, alongside
Llywarch ap Llywelyn ("Prydydd y Moch"),
Cynddelw and
Dafydd Benfras.
References
The Hendregadredd manuscript
Bibliography
*J. E. Caerwyn Williams (ed.), 'Gwaith Gwilym Rhyfel', in ''Gwaith Dafydd Benfras ac eraill o feirdd hanner cyntaf y drydedd ganrif ar ddeg'' (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1995).
12th-century Welsh poets
Year of death unknown
12th-century Welsh writers
Year of birth unknown
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