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The eldest son of King Erbin of Dumnonia who was a Knight of Devon.
After the death of his his wife, Prince Geraint spent much time at
King Arthur's Court, looking for
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action and adventure. It was during this period
that he encountered the Sparrow Hawk Knight
and came to marry Lady Enid of Caer-Teim (Cardiff), a story told in
the ancient tales of "Erec (alias Geraint) &
Enid" and "Geraint mab Erbin". Sir Geraint restored Sir Yniol
all of his possessions and then married his beautiful daughter, Lady
Enid. Later Geraint heard Enid bewailing his sloth as a knight; he
was stung with shame and mistakenly believed Enid to be unfaithful
to him. He took her on a journey through a series of trials until
she convinced him of her constancy. They returned and lived in happiness
for the remainder of their lives.
He inherited the Dumnonian throne in c.497 (or 480) and is recorded
as one of the great "Fleet Owners" of post-Roman Britain His castle
was once called Caer-Gurrel or Fort of the Ship. He died fighting
the Saxons with King Arthur at the Battle of Llongborth (Langport,
Somerset) around 480/510. This recorded in a long Welsh poem called
the "Elegy for Geraint".
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