Caradoc

Caradoc Vreichvras (Modern Welsh: Caradog Freichfras, 'Caradoc Strongarm') was a legendary ancestor to the kings of Gwent who is supposed to have lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is remembered in the Matter of Britain as a Knight of the Round Table, under the name Carados, often with the epithet Briefbras (French for 'Shortarm').

Quotes about Caradoc

• Have ye seen the tusky boar,
  Or the bull, with sullen roar,
  On surrounding foes advance?
  So Caradoc bore his lance.
  • Thomas Gray, "Caradoc", in Poems, ed. W. Mason (1775)