Rhys Brydydd (fl. mid-15th century) was a Welsh language poet from Tir Iarll, Glamorgan, south Wales.
Only four of his compositions survive, all of them cywyddau.
He was either the brother or father of Gwilym Tew and the father of the poet Rhisiart ap Rhys.
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The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse in English was a 1977 poetry anthology edited by the author and academic Gwyn Jones. It covered both Welsh language poetry, in English translation, and Welsh poets writing in English.
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Rhisiart ap Rhys was a Welsh language poet from the cwmwd of Tir Iarll, Glamorgan.
Gwilym Tew was a Welsh language poet and manuscript copyist from Tir Iarll, Glamorgan.
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Gwalchmai ap Meilyr was a Welsh-language court poet, connected with Trewalchmai in Anglesey. He was one of the earliest of the Gogynfeirdd or Beirdd y Tywysogion. He composed poems in praise of Owain Gwynedd, king of Gwynedd, and his brothers. He was the son of another poet, Meilyr Brydydd, and father of the poets Meilyr ap Gwalchmai and Einion ap Gwalchmai. He shares his name with Gwalchmei ap Gwyar, a figure from Welsh legend described as the nephew of Arthur and known in English as Gawain.
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