Llygad Gŵr

Llygad Gŵr (fl. 1268/1258-c.1293,[1]) was a Welsh-language poet in the court of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.

His surviving works are a sequence of five awdlau for Llwyelyn and four poems that praise the dynasty of Powys Fadog.[2]

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"[3]

Sources
  • J Lloyd-Jones, 'The Court Poets of the Welsh Princes', Proceedings of the British Academy, 1948
  • P I Lynch, 'Court Poetry, Power and Politics' in 'The Welsh King and His Court' p. 167-190, edited by T.M. Charles-Edwards, Morfydd E.Owen & Paul Russell, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 2000.
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References
  1. Lynch 2000:167
  2. Lynch 2000:173
  3. "Llygad Gŵr". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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