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- Geoffrey of Monmouth was born in 1095 in Monmouth, Wales. Geoffrey of was a writer, known for King Lear (1987), Return of the Dark (2023) and King Lear (1976). Geoffrey of died in 1155 in Cardiff, Wales.
- His "Historia Regum Britanniae" (History of the Kings of Britain, c. 1135), brought the figure of King Arthur into European literature. Although denounced by contemporary historians as nothing but pure fiction, it became one of the most popular books of the Middle Ages.
- Bishop of St. Asaph (St. Asaph, Wales) from 1152-1155.
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