Alis ferch Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan or Alis Wen ("Alice the White"; c. 1520–?) was a 16th-century poet who wrote in Welsh. She wrote several englynion on matters of her personal and family life, and a cywydd aimed at reconciling two men.

Alis Wen
Born
Alis ferch Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan
Occupationpoet

Biography

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She was the daughter of the "gentleman poet" Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan (c. 1485–1553) of Llannerch and his first wife Sioned ferch Rhisiart ab Hywel of Mostyn (died 1540).[1] Her two sisters, Catrin[2] and Gwen, were also poets.[3]

Alis composed a series of englynion discussing the kind of husband which she wished to marry and commenting on her father's second marriage in old age, and a cywydd to reconcile Dafydd Llwyd Llydan and Grigor y Moch.[1]

She married David Lloyd ap Rhys of Vaynol in about 1540. They had four children:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Jones, Evan David. "Alice verch Gruffudd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. ^ Looker, Ray. "Catrin ferch Gruffydd ap Ieuan Fychan". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  3. ^ Cartwright, Jane (1999). "Early and Medieval Literature". The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. 61: 556–60. doi:10.1163/22224297-90000318. JSTOR 25833172.