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1100–1155 · Historian and Bishop of St Asaph, Wales (c.1095–1155)

Also known as: Geoffrey von Monmouth, Galfridus Monemutensis, Geoffrey de Monmouth, Geoffrey Monmouth, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, Gruffudd ap Arthur

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Known works

Historia regum Britanniae (1585)
Arthurian legends and the influence of French prose romance
Galfredi Monumetensis Historia Britonum (1844)
Histories of the kings of Britain (1911)
Brut y brenhinedd (1937)