Ieuan Ddu ab Dafydd ab Owain

Ieuan Ddu ab Dafydd ab Owain (fl. 1440–1480), was a Welsh poet, also known as Ieuan Dafydd Ddu and Ieuan Dafydd ab Owain.

He resided at or near Aberdare, Glamorganshire, and, being a gentleman of large estate, was a generous patron of the bards.[1] The first lines of some of his poems are given in Moses Williams's `Repertorium Poeticum,' London, 1726, 8vo.

References
  1. Owen, Cambrian Biography, s.v.

"Ieuan Ddu ab Dafydd ab Owain" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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