Aneirin
Poet of Y GododdinBardd Y GododdinPoet of Y Gododdin, the elegy for the warriors of Catraeth.Bardd Y Gododdin, y farwnad i ryfelwyr Catraeth.
History of WalesHanes Cymru / The Age of PrincesOes y Tywysogion
c. 1085–c. 1136
Nest ferch Rhys
Daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, whose abduction from Cenarth Bychan in 1109 set south Wales alight.Merch Rhys ap Tewdwr, y taniodd ei chipio o Genarth Bychan yn 1109 dde Cymru.
Married to the Norman castellan Gerald of Windsor, she was carried off by Owain ap Cadwgan of Powys. Her many children founded families on both sides of the Welsh and Norman divide, and her grandson was Gerald of Wales.
Yn briod â’r castellydd Normanaidd Gerallt o Windsor, fe’i cipiwyd gan Owain ap Cadwgan o Bowys. Sefydlodd ei phlant niferus deuluoedd ar ddwy ochr y ffin rhwng Cymro a Norman, a’i hŵyr oedd Gerallt Gymro.
Also in this ageHefyd yn yr oes hon
Rhodri Mawr
Rhodri the GreatBrenin GwyneddKing of Gwynedd who brought Powys and Seisyllwg under his rule and beat back the Vikings.Brenin Gwynedd a ddaeth â Phowys a Seisyllwg dan ei reolaeth a gwrthsefyll y Llychlynwyr.
Asser
Alfred’s Welsh scholarYsgolhaig Cymreig AlffredA monk of St Davids who became adviser to Alfred the Great and wrote the first biography of an English king.Mynach o Dyddewi a ddaeth yn gynghorydd i Alffred Fawr ac a ysgrifennodd y cofiant cyntaf i frenin o Sais.
Hywel Dda
Hywel the GoodBrenin y DeheubarthHis name was given to the native law of Wales, notable for women’s property rights and for compensation in place of vengeance.Rhoddwyd ei enw ar gyfraith frodorol Cymru, sy’n nodedig am hawliau eiddo i fenywod ac am iawndal yn lle dial.