Gwilym Rhyfel

Welsh poet
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IntroWelsh poet
PlacesWales
isPoet
Work fieldLiterature
Gender
Male
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Biography

Gwilym Rhyfel (fl. 12th century) was a Welsh language poet and warrior.
Gwilym’s surviving work are poems of intercession to Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd.
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.

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