About Seisyll Bryffwrch
Lived 1155 – 1175 (aged 19–20). Seisyll Bryffwrch was a Welsh poet.
Seisyll Bryffwrch (fl. 1155–1175) was a Welsh-language poet.
Seisyll competed against and was defeated by Cynddelw in a contest for the role of chief court poet to Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys.
Seisyll's own compositions include elegies on the death of Owain Gwynedd and of Iorwerth Drwyndwn grandfather and father respectively of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth. Seisyll also wrote poems in praise of the campaigns of the Lord Rhys.
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Who was Seisyll Bryffwrch?
12th-century Welsh poet
When was Seisyll Bryffwrch born?
Seisyll Bryffwrch was born in 1155.
When did Seisyll Bryffwrch die?
Seisyll Bryffwrch died in 1175.
What was Seisyll Bryffwrch's occupation?
Seisyll Bryffwrch was a poet.
What nationality was Seisyll Bryffwrch?
Seisyll Bryffwrch was Welsh.
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