REFR
DATE 1086
PLAC Duke of Acquitaine
RETO
DATE 1126
PLAC Duke of Acquitaine
OCCU Count of Poitiers and Duke of Acquitaine
ALIA VII/IX The TroubadorMerged General Note: "...composed and gave vogue to the newvernacular poetry of the troubadours, ad his verse itself fivesevidence of his roving mind and foot and the widest
liberalityof view. Through it shin glints of Ovidian sophistry and therich romantic colors of Moorish Spain. It is a poetry highorganized in form, intellectually subtle, lusty, piquant,cynicl, the
pastime of a wordling, who lived each day withgusto, dined well, slept heartily, ad recked little of the awfulday of judgment." Amy Kelly, ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE AND THE FOURKINGS, Harvard,
Cambridge, 1950.He supported Philip I of France against William the Conqueror.Erected thePalace of Poitou. After conferring large donations on thechurch, he died.
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DATE 31 JUL 2000