Mercadier was a famous Occitan warrior of the 12th century, and the leader of a group of mercenaries in the service of Richard I, King of England.
Gaucelm Faidit was a troubadour, born in Uzerche, in the Limousin, from a family of knights in service of the count of Turenne. He travelled widely in France, Spain, and Hungary. His known patrons include Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Dalfi d'Alvernha; he was also at one time in Poitiers at the court of Richard I of England, for whose death he wrote a famous planh (lament) in 1199. It is possible, though controversial, that Gaucelm took part in the Third Crusade from 1189–1191; it seems clear that in 1202 he set out on the Fourth Crusade, as did his then-patron, Boniface of Montferrat, but after 1202 there is no further historical trace of Gaucelm.
Trouvère, sometimes spelled trouveur, is the Northern French form of the langue d'oc (Occitan) word trobador, the precursor of the modern French word troubadour. Trouvère refers to poet-composers who were roughly contemporary with and influenced by the trobadors, both composing and performing lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages, but while the trobadors composed and performed in Old Occitan, the trouvères used the northern dialects of France. One of the first known trouvère was Chrétien de Troyes and the trouvères continued to flourish until about 1300. Some 2130 trouvère poems have survived; of these, at least two-thirds have melodies.
Aimeric or Aymeric or Aimery is a male given name. Notable people with the name include:
Gui d'Ussel, d'Ussèl, or d'Uisel was a troubadour from the Limousin. Twenty of his poems survive: eight cansos, two pastorelas, two coblas, and eight tensos, several with his relatives and including a partimen with Maria de Ventadorn. Four of his cansos melodies remain.
Eble or Ebles d'Ussel was a Limousin troubadour, the eldest of three brothers, castellans of the castle of Ussel-sur-Sarzonne, northeast of Ventadorn. His younger brothers were Peire and Gui and he also had a cousin named Elias, all troubadours. Of his corpus only one tenso, one partimen, and a cobla survive. The only sources for his life, besides his own songs, are the vida of his brother Gui and a document recording the donation of land to the abbey of Bonaigue by two brothers Guido and Eblo Usseli. According to Gui's vida, Eble composed "bad tensos".
Peire d'Ussel or d'Uisel was a Limousin troubadour, the middle of three brothers, castellans of the castle of Ussel-sur-Sarzonne, northeast of Ventadorn. His elder brother was Eble and his younger Gui, and he also had a cousin named Elias; all four were troubadours.
Elias or Elyas d'Ussel or d'Uisel was a Limousin troubadour, the cousin of the three brothers Eble, Peire, and Gui, and co-castellan with them of the castle of Ussel-sur-Sarzonne, northeast of Ventadorn.
Joan d'Aubusson or d'Albusson, known as Johan or Johanet to Occitan contemporaries, was an Limousin troubadour and a Ghibelline. Only three of his works survive: two tensos and a cobla.
Andrieu is a name. People with the name include:
Luc is a surname. Notable persons with that name include:
Bertran or Bertrán is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Turenne is both a surname, and the seat of various titles of nobility, which therefore end with "de Turenne".
Negre or Nègre is the surname of:
Tor is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sartor is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arnaut is an Occitan masculine given name, cognate with English Arnold, Catalan Arnau, French Arnaud and Spanish Arnaldo. It may refer to:
Vilar is a Portuguese, Galician and Catalan surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Templier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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