Tudur Aled

Tudur Aled (c. 1465 – 1525) was a late medieval Welsh poet, born in Llansannan, Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych). He is regarded as a master of cynghanedd.

Beginnings Monument known as "Yr Eneth" ("The Girl") in Llansannan, Conwy, North Wales. It commemorates Tudur Aled, poet (died c. 1526). William Salesbury, scholar and linguist (born c.1520) and the poets and preachers Henry Rees, Gwilym Hiraethog and Iorwerth Glan Aled. They were all born in the parish of Llansannan. Tudur Aled was born c. 1465 in Llansannan, in what is now Denbighshire. It is likely that his father's name was Robert and his grandfather's name was Ithel, and that he was of noble stock. Tudur Aled was a Latin Catholic. Research indicates that his paternal line were descendants of Llywelyn Chwith and that he was related to the Lloyd family of Chwibren, considered to be descendents of Hedd Molwynog (or Ab Alunawg), chief of one of the fifteen tribes of North Wales.

Reputation Tudur Aled was himself a nobleman and one of the foremost Beirdd yr Uchelwyr (Poets of the Nobility). His main patrons were the Salisbury family of Dyffryn Clwyd, and Rhys ap Thomas.