About Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen
Lived 1335 – 1390 (aged 54–55). Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen was a poet.
Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen (fl. c. 1350–1390) was a Welsh language court poet from Merionethshire, in the north west of Wales.
Llywelyn is credited, along with Iolo Goch, with introducing and popularizing the cywydd metre in the north of Wales.
Llywelyn is particularly noted for his elegy to his dead mistress, Marwnad Lleucu Llwyd (Elegy for Lleucu Llwyd).
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Who was Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen?
Welsh poet
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Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen was born in 1335 in Wales.
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Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen died in 1390.
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Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen was a poet.
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