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Gruffudd Hiraethog (died 1564) was a Welsh language poet born in Llangollen north-east Wales.Gruffudd was one of the foremost poets of the sixteenth century to use the cywydd metre. He was a prolific author and gifted scholar. Though he was member of the medieval guild of poets and notable upholder of that tradition he was also closely associated with William Salesbury Wales’ leading Renaissance scholar.