Rhys Brydydd
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Rhys Brydydd was a Welsh language
poet from Tir Iarll
, Glamorgan
, south Wales
.
Only four of his compositions survive, all of them cywydd
au.
He was either the brother or father of Gwilym Tew
and the father of the poet Rhisiart ap Rhys
.
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
poet from Tir Iarll
Tir Iarll
Tir Iarll , is the traditional name of an area of Glamorgan, Wales, which has long had a particular resonance in Welsh culture....
, Glamorgan
Glamorgan
Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...
, south Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
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Only four of his compositions survive, all of them cywydd
Cywydd
The cywydd is one of the most important metrical forms in Welsh traditional poetry.There are a variety of forms of the cywydd, but the word on its own is generally used to refer to the cywydd deuair hirion as it is by far the most common type.The first recorded examples of the cywydd date from the...
au.
He was either the brother or father of Gwilym Tew
Gwilym Tew
Gwilym Tew was a Welsh language poet and manuscript copyist from Tir Iarll, Glamorgan.It is probable that his father was the poet, Rhys Brydydd, and that another poet of the same family, Rhisiart ap Rhys, was his nephew....
and the father of the poet Rhisiart ap Rhys
Rhisiart ap Rhys
Rhisiart ap Rhys was a Welsh language poet from the cwmwd of Tir Iarll, Glamorgan.He was the son of Rhys Brydydd and nephew, in all probability, to the poet Gwilym Tew. 36 of his poems are extant.-Bibliography:...
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