LLYWARCH LLAETY (fl. c. 1140-1160), one of the poets of the period of the Welsh Princes

Name: Llywarch Llaety
Gender: Male
Occupation: one of the poets of the period of the Welsh Princes
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker

A series of englynion in praise of Llywelyn ap Madog ap Maredudd of Powys remain in MSS. It is also probable that he was the same person as the poet Llywarch y Nam, of whose work another series of englynion to the same prince is found.

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Published date: 1959

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