Bleddyn Fardd
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Bleddyn Fardd was a Welsh-language
court poet from Gwynedd
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Bleddyn is noted for his elegies on the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales
, the texts of which are preserved in the Hendregadredd manuscript
.
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...
court poet from Gwynedd
Kingdom of Gwynedd
Gwynedd was one petty kingdom of several Welsh successor states which emerged in 5th-century post-Roman Britain in the Early Middle Ages, and later evolved into a principality during the High Middle Ages. It was based on the former Brythonic tribal lands of the Ordovices, Gangani, and the...
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Bleddyn is noted for his elegies on the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
, the texts of which are preserved in the Hendregadredd manuscript
Hendregadredd manuscript
The Hendregadredd Manuscript , is a medieval Welsh manuscript containing an anthology of the poetry of the "Poets of the Princes"; it was written during the period between 1282 and 1350...
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