Geraint be identified as the real warrior eulogized in connection with the Battle of Llongborth in the poem, despite its title. Bryce identifies Llongborth with the 710 battle between that Geraint and Saxon leader Ine of Wessex. Strathclyde had rulers named Geraint and Erbin/Elfin in the same era, and was also known as Damnonia, after the Dumnonii tribe of the area in Romano-British times, and thus easily confused with Dumnonia/Devon. He is possibly most famous as the protagonist in the Welsh tale "Geraint and Enid", where he becomes the lover of Enid. "Geraint and Enid" is one of the three Welsh
R. Geraint Gruffydd in the "Cyfres Beirdd yr Uchelwyr" series. These include: R. Geraint Gruffydd Robert Geraint Gruffydd, FLSW, FBA (9 June 1928 – 24 March 2015) was a scholar of Welsh language and literature. From 1970 to 1979, he was Professor of Welsh Language and Literature at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and was made Emeritus Professor in 1993. Gruffydd was born on 9 June 1928 in Tal-y-bont, Ardudwy, Wales. He was a graduate of Bangor University and Jesus College, Oxford. He commenced his studies at Oxford in 1948. During his academic career he held three notable offices: After his academic retirement