He was probably a member of the famous Doria family, whose name was originally D'Oria or da Otranto. Between 1228 and 1243 he assumed the character of a podestà in several Provençal and north Italian cities, such as Arles, Avignon, Asti, and Parma. In 1255 Manfred nominated him to the vicariate general of Ancona and in 1258 that of Romagna. With relations between Manfred and Pope Urban IV deteriorating, Doria was forced to put Spoleto to fire and the sword in 1259. Five years later, in 1264, he led a small army of Saracens and Germans against Charles of Anjou, who contested Manfred's throne. On the ensuing march he drowned in the river Nera di Narco near Arrone with his horse.
Doria was also a troubadour of the Sicilian School, composing two cansos in Provençal[3] as well as two poems in Italian. In one poem, entitled Felon cor ai et enic (1258/9), he praised Manfred's bravery and magnanimity.[2] His other Provençal poem was a tenso, Per aquest cors, del teu trip, with Felip de Valenza.
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Notes
↑ His first name is also spelled Percival in English, Percivalle in Italian, and Perseval or Persival in Provençal.
↑ " Perceval Doria, Poète italien, écrit en Langue Provençale " in Ulysse Robert, Histoire litéraire de la France ou l'on traite de l'origine et du progres, de la decadence, volume 9, 1750, p.177 and table of matters
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