List of Welsh-language Poets (6th Century To C. 1600) - 1100 To 1290

1100 To 1290

The following group of court poets used to be called the Gogynfeirdd and are now generally referred to as "Beirdd y Tywysogion", the Poets of the Princes. The list is roughly chronological.

• Meilyr Brydydd (fl. 1100–1137)
• Gwalchmai ap Meilyr (fl. 1130–1180)
• Owain Cyfeiliog (c. 1130–1197)
• Llywarch Llaety (fl. c. 1140–1160)
• Llywelyn Fardd I - (fl. c. 1150–1175) - named in the Red Book of Hergest as “Llywelyn Fardd, son of Cywryd”.
• Seisyll Bryffwrch (fl. 1155–1175)
• Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr (fl. 1155–1200)
• Peryf ap Cedifor (fl. c. 1170)
• Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (died 1170)
• Gwynfardd Brycheiniog (fl. c. 1170–1180)
• Daniel ap Llosgwrn Mew (fl. 1170–1200) whose elegy to Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd is found in the Red Book of Hergest.
• Llywarch ap Llywelyn ("Prydydd y Moch") (1173–1220)
• Elidir Sais (1190–1240)
• Meilyr ap Gwalchmai (fl. second half of the 12th century)
• Gruffudd ap Gwrgenau (fl. second half of the 12th century) - whose surviving work includes an awdl to prince Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd, found in the Hendregadredd manuscript.
• Gwilym Rhyfel (12th century)
• Cneppyn Gwerthrynion (c. 13th century)
• Bleddyn Ddu (c.1200) - whose surviving poems are preserved in the Red Book of Hergest.
• Einion ap Gwalchmai (fl. 1202–1223)
• Einion Wan (fl. c. 1202–1245)
• Meurig (fl. 1210) - mentioned by Gerald of Wales as a man who is visited by the ghost of a dead soldier and tasked to compose a poem prophesying Pope Innocent III's later interdiction on King John.
• Einion ap Gwgon (fl. c. 1215)
• Y Prydydd Bychan (fl. c. 1222–1268)
• Goronwy Foel (fl. c. middle of the 13th century)
• Dafydd Benfras (fl. 1230–1260)
• Einion ap Madog ap Rhahawd (c. 1237) - whose surviving awdl to Gruffydd ap Llywelyn is found in the Hendregadredd manuscript.
• Hywel Foel ap Griffri ap Pwyll Wyddel (fl. c. 1240–1300)
• Gwgon Brydydd - (fl. c. 1240) - whose elegy to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth is found in one of the Cwrtmawr Manuscripts.
• Adda Fras (c. 1240 – c. 1320) - whose poems haven't survived but whose name is recorded in one of the Peniarth manuscripts and in Tudur Aled’s elegy to Dafydd ab Edmwnd.
• Madog ap Gwallter (fl. c. 1250)
• Bleddyn Fardd (fl. c. 1258–1284)
• Llygad Gŵr (fl. 1268)
• Gruffudd ab yr Ynad Coch (fl. 1277–1282)
• Gwilym Ddu o Arfon (fl. c. 1280–1320) - whose elegies are found in the Red Book of Hergest.
• Cadwgan Ffol (13th century) - whose englyn celebrating a victory gained by the Welsh over the English at Degannwy is preserved in one of the Peniarth Manuscripts.