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She was the daughter of Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan (c 1485–1553) of Llannerch and Sioned ferch Rhisiart ab Hywel of Mostyn (died 1540).
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Alis Wen
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Her two sisters, Catrin and Gwen, were also poets. Alis composed series of englynion discussing the kind of husband 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. They had four children:
John Lloyd (died 1615), registrar of the diocese of Street Asaph
Thomas Lloyd of Vaynol (died 1602)
William Lloyd, rector of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Llanfechain and Llanwrin, 1590–1600, and canon of Street Asaph Cathedral, 1587–1600
Edward Lloyd (died 1639), proctor in Street Asaph.
