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Llywelyn the Great
(King)
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Birthdate: 1173 AD
Birthplace: Dolwyddelan, Wales
Died: April 11, 1240
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Owain Gwynedd
(King)
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Birthdate: 1100 AD
Birthplace: Gwynedd, Wales
Died: November 28, 1170
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Hywel Dda
(Welsh ruler)
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Birthdate: 0880 AD
Birthplace: United Kingdom
Died: 0948 AD
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Dafydd ap Gruffydd
(Prince)
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Birthdate: July 11, 1238
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Gwynedd, Wales
Died: October 3, 1283
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Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd
(King of Gwynedd)
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Birthdate: 1120 AD
Birthplace: Gwynedd, Wales
Died: 1170 AD
Welsh warrior prince Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd was also a talented poet who introduced the Welsh to courtly love songs. The son of Owain the Great, the king of North Wales, Hywel was instrumental in the occupation of Ceredigion. His poems were later released in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales.
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Owain Cyfeiliog
(Welsh Prince and Poet)
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Birthdate: 1130 AD
Birthplace: Welsh
Died: 1197 AD
Owain Cyfeiliog, a warrior prince from the Welsh kingdom of Powys, was also a talented poet. Only one poem penned by him, Hirlas Owain, remains preserved to this day, but it is considered one of the finest in Welsh literature. He spent most of his life supporting the king of England.
