Noun
Welsh chronicler who wrote an account of the kings of Britain which is now believed to contain little historical fact but it is a source of the Arthurian legend (circa 1100-1154)
Source: WordNetBased on the Welsh name (given as Kaerleir), Geoffrey of Monmouth proposes a king Leir of Britain as an eponymous founder in his Historia Regum Britanniae (12th century). Source: Internet
Ashley (2005), Geoffrey of Monmouth, unnumbered pages Ambrosius and Uther are supposedly raised by their adoptive maternal grandfather Guthelinus/Vitalinus. Source: Internet
Green, p. 31. Geoffrey of Monmouth 's c. 1136 History of the Kings of Britain was massively popular and survives in many copies from soon after its composition. Source: Internet
Geoffrey of Monmouth composed his History of the Kings of Britain around the year 1136, naming a King Leir as an eponymous founder figure. Source: Internet
These stories are most centrally brought together within Geoffrey of Monmouth 's Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain). Source: Internet
Geoffrey of Monmouth Latinised the name to Merlinus in his works. Source: Internet