Editing Maelgwn Gwynedd (section)

=== The ''Iolo Manuscripts'' ===
Maelgwn Gwynedd is mentioned repeatedly in the spurious 18th century ''Iolo Manuscripts'' of [[Iolo Morganwg]]. His three Chief Bards are named, and he is proclaimed King Paramount over the other kings.<ref>{{Harvcolnb|Williams|1810|pp=461}}, ''The Iolo MSS.''</ref> A Maelgwn Hir of Llandaff is described, and said to be commonly mistaken for Maelgwn Gwynedd.<ref>{{Harvcolnb|Williams|1810|pp=465–466}}, ''The Iolo MSS.''</ref> [[Taliesin]] is said to have been dispossessed of his property by Maelgwn, and so cursed him.<ref>{{Harvcolnb|Williams|1810|pp=467}}, ''The Iolo MSS.''</ref> Saint Eurgain is said to be Maelgwn's daughter.<ref>{{Harvcolnb|Williams|1810|pp=497}}, ''The Iolo MSS.''</ref> [[Cwyllog|Saint Cwyllog]], daughter of Caw Cawlwyd of [[Twrcelyn|Twr Celyn]], had been given lands by Maelgwn Gwynedd.<ref>{{Harvcolnb|Williams|1810|pp=507}}, ''The Iolo MSS.''</ref> In "The Three Holy Families of the Isle of Britain", there is a story of Caw and his children who had been driven from their lands by the Gwyddelian Picts, and who then came to Wales and were given land in Anglesey by Maelgwn.<ref>{{Harvcolnb|Williams|1810|pp=508}}, ''The Iolo MSS.''</ref> Without independent and reputable verification, the material found in the ''Iolo Manuscripts'' is considered to be the product of Iolo's fertile imagination.