About Llygad Gŵr
Born 1250. Llygad Gŵr was a poet.
Llygad Gŵr (fl. 1268 or 1258 – c. 1293, ) was a Welsh-language poet in the court of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.
His surviving works are a sequence of five awdlau for Llywelyn and four poems that praise the dynasty of Powys Fadog.
In his poetry, he envisions Wales as a single united nation with Llywelyn as its head and supreme power: "the true king of Wales". This has been called "the most 'nationalist' poetry in Welsh before the days of Glyn Dwr".
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Llygad Gŵr was born in 1250.
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Llygad Gŵr was a poet.
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