Maria de Ventadorn

Maria de Ventadorn

Maria de Ventadorn (or Ventedorn) (French: Marie de Ventadour) was a patron of troubadour poetry at the end of the 12th century.

Maria was one of las tres de Torena, "the three of Turenne", the three daughters of viscount Raymond II of Turenne and of Elise de Séverac. These three, according to Bertran de Born, possessed tota beltat terrena, "all earthly beauty". Her date of birth is uncertain; she possibly died in 1222. Her name is variously recorded as Marie de Turenne and Marguerite de Turenne. She married viscount Eble V of Ventadour (Corrèze, France); they had a son, Eble (VI), who married Dauphine de la Tour d'Auvergne, and a daughter, Alix or Alasia. Alix married Robert d'Auvergne, count of Clermont, a great-grandson of the long-lived Dauphin d'Auvergne.

Maria's husband was the grandson of Eble III (patron of the important early troubadour Bernart de Ventadorn), and the great-grandson of Eble le chanteur, believed to have been among the creators of the genre. Maria is addressed, or at least mentioned, in the work of several troubadours including Gaucelm Faidit, the Monk of Montaudon, Gausbert de Puicibot, Pons de Capduelh, Guiraut de Calanso, Bertran de Born and Gui d'Ussel. According to a poetic commentary included in the Biographies des Troubadours, Hugh IX of Lusignan was Maria's "knight" (era sos cavalliers).

Maria de Ventadorn is listed as a trobairitz in her own right on the strength of a single tensó or poetic debate (dated c. 1197), of which alternate verses were apparently composed by her and by Gui d'Ussel. The question at issue in the debate was this: once a man has succeeded in his plea to be accepted as a lady's lover, does he thereafter become her equal, or does he remain her servant? Maria takes the latter view.

Sources and bibliography

  • Biographies des troubadours ed. J. Boutière, A.-H. Schutz (Paris: Nizet, 1964) pp. 170-179, 208-214, 314-320.
  • Pierre Bec, Chants d'amour des femmes-troubadours: trobairitz et chansons de femme (Paris: Stock, 1995) pp. 164-171: Occitan text and French translation of the tensó.
  • Jean Mouzat, Les poèmes de Gaucelm Faidit. Paris: Nizet, 1965.

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Eble of Ventadorn — or, in French, Ebles de Ventadour is the name of a succession of rulers of a lordship in the Limousin (central France), including:*Eble I of Ventadorn *Eble II of Ventadorn (died 1155), said to have been a troubadour, though none of his poems… …   Wikipedia

  • Eble III of Ventadorn — was viscount of Ventadour (Corrèze, France). He was the son of Eble II, known as Eble le chanteur (Eble the singer), and of Agnes de Montluçon. His date of birth is unknown; he died in 1170.Eble III was the patron and protector of Bernart de… …   Wikipedia

  • Eble V of Ventadorn — was viscount of Ventadour (Corrèze, France). He was the son of Eble IV and of Sybille de la Faye (daughter of Raoul de Châtellerault, grand seneschal of Aquitaine). His date of birth is unknown; he probably died soon after 1236.Eble V was the… …   Wikipedia

  • Uc de Saint Circ — (San Sir) or Hugues (Hugh) de Saint Circq (fl. 1217 ndash;1253Aubrey, The Music of the Troubadours , 22 ndash;23.] ) was a troubadour from Quercy. Uc is perhaps most significant to modern historians as the probable author of several vidas and… …   Wikipedia

  • Troubadour — A troubadour (IPA: IPA| [tɾuβaˈðuɾ] , originally IPA| [tɾuβaˈðoɾ] ) was a composer and performer of Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100 ndash;1350). The troubadour school or tradition began in the eleventh century in Occitania …   Wikipedia

  • Trobairitz — A medieval depiction of Comtessa de Diá The trobairitz (Occitan pronunciation: [tɾuβajˈɾits]) were Occitan female troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries, active from around 1170 to approximately 1260.[1] The word trobairitz was first… …   Wikipedia

  • Pistoleta — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Pistoleta (1185 1228) fue un trovador provenzal. Su nombre (en realidad un apodo) significa pequeña carta (epístola) en occitano. Han llegado hasta nosotros alrededor de once canciones, (nueve cançós y dos tensos).… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Trobairitz — Representación medieval de la Comtessa de Día. Una trobairitz (tɾuβajˈɾits) era una trovadora occitania de los siglos XII y XIII. El término trobairitz fue utilizado por primera vez en el Romance de Flamenca del siglo XIII. Proviene del término… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Gui d'Ussel — Gui d Ussel, d Ussèl, or d Uisel (fl. 1195 ndash;1209Aubrey, 16.] ) was a turn of the thirteenth century troubadour of the Limousin. Twenty of his poems survive: eight cansos , two pastorelas , two coblas , and eight tensos , several with his… …   Wikipedia

  • Pistoleta — (fl. 1185 ndash;1228) was a Provençal troubadour. His name (actually a nickname) means little letter (epistle) in Occitan. He left behind eleven songs, comprising nine cansos and two tensos . [One of his cansos is sometimes called a sirventes .]… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”