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
Geraint Bowen (poet) Geraint Bowen (poet) Dr. Geraint Bowen (10 September 1915 – 16 July 2011) was a Welsh language poet and academic. Born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, he was the nephew of Carmarthenshire minister David Bowen, and the brother of poet Euros Bowen. He was a Welsh nationalist, and during the Second World War was a conscientious objector, undertaking farming. He was Plaid Cymru candidate for Wrexham in the 1950 General Election. In 1946 he won the bardic Chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and from 1978 to 1981 he presided over the Eisteddfod ceremonies as Archdruid. He was also a campaigner