Llywarch Llaety (fl. c. 1140–1160) 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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court poet.
A single poem by Llywarch survives, the earliest text of which is found in the
Hendregadredd manuscript
The Hendregadredd Manuscript (), is a medieval Welsh manuscript containing an anthology of the poetry of the "Poets of the Princes" (Medieval Welsh literature#Poets of the Princes (c. 1100 – c. 1300), Gogynfeirdd); it was written between 1282 and ...
, in praise of Llywelyn ap Madog, son and heir of prince
Madog ap Maredudd
Madog ap Maredudd (, ; died 1160) was the last prince of the entire Kingdom of Powys, Wales. He held for a time, the FitzAlan Lordship of Oswestry, family of the Earl of Arundel, Earls of Arundel, of Arundel Castle. His daughter married Lord Rhys ...
of
Powys
Powys ( , ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the north; the English Ceremonial counties of England, ceremo ...
.
It is possible that Llywarch Llaety is the same person as the poet
Llywarch y Nam who also composed a poem in honour of Llywelyn ap Madog.
['Gwaith Llywarch Llaety']
References
Bibliography
*Nerys Ann Jones (ed.), 'Gwaith Llywarch Llaety', in Kathleen A. Bramley et al. (eds.), ''Gwaith Llywelyn Fardd I ac eraill o feirdd y ddeuddegfed ganrif'' (University of Wales Press, 1994).
Welsh-language poets
12th-century Welsh poets
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death missing
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