Wales Cywydd

Welsh poetry called cywydd may be helpful in clarifying information about persons from Wales and their families.

Cywydd
Two types of Welsh poetry contain helpful information for family historians.

Two main categories
Eulogies: composed during the life of the person being praised.

Elegy: composed after the death of the person being commemorated.

Composed in strict metre up to the 17th century and in free metre from the eighteenth century.

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