Information AboutGaucelm Faidit |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT GAUCELM FAIDIT | |
| 1170 births | |
| faidit, gaucelm | |
| 1202 deaths | |
| occitan poets | |
| troubadours | |
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Three sources - the anonymous life of Gaucelm in the Biographies Des Troubadours , an exchange of verses between Gaucelm and Elias D'Ussel , and the satirical ''sirventes'' on rival troubadours by the Monk Of Montaudon - allege that Gaucelm married a prostitute. According to the ''Biographies'', her name was Guillelma Monja: "she was very beautiful and well educated" and accompanied her husband on Crusade. About 70 of Gaucelm's poems and 14 of his melodies survive. Six poems are addressed to Boniface of Montferrat, and twelve to Maria De Ventadorn . Several of his poems are accompanied in the manuscripts by detailed explanations, usually concerning love affairs and rivalries that allegedly inspired the poems. These tales involve Gaucelm with Hugh IX Of Lusignan , his son Hugh X , Alfonso II, Count Of Provence , and others. REFERENCES
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