Guilhèm de Peitieus - Revision history

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	After lavish gifts to the Church his excommunications were rescinded in 1120, and in 1126 he passed away after a short illness. His lands were inherited by his son Guilhèm, who would in turn bequeath them to his only daughter, [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]].		After lavish gifts to the Church his excommunications were rescinded in 1120, and in 1126 he passed away after a short illness. His lands were inherited by his son Guilhèm, who would in turn bequeath them to his only daughter, [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]].

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	'''Guilhèm de Peitieus''' (also called '''William of Aquitaine''') was [[Duke]] of [[Aquitaine]] and [[Gascony]] and [[Count]] of [[Poitou]]. He lived from 1071-1126 and is generally known as the first [[troubadour]], essentially inventing the poetic form and the conventions of the genre.		'''Guilhèm de Peitieus''' (also called '''William of Aquitaine''') was [[Duke]] of [[Aquitaine]] and [[Gascony]] and [[Count]] of [[Poitou]]. He lived from 1071-1126 and is generally known as the first [[troubadour]], essentially inventing the [[poetry\|poetic]] form and the conventions of the genre.

	==Duke==		==Duke==
	When he born, Guilhèm considered ~~was~~ [[bastard\|illegitimate]] by the [[Church]] owing to his parents' previous [[divorce]]s and [[consanguinity]]. His father, the eighth Duke of Aquitaine (also called Guilhèm) was obliged to make a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Rome]] in order to secure his son's legitimacy. When his father died in 1087, he took up the Duchy and was obliged by politics to marry [[Ermengarde of Anjou]], a quarrelsome and loveless match which he regretted. The childless marriage was dissolved in 1091 and Guilhèm remarried in 1099, again for political reasons. This marriage produced children, including his heir (also named Guilhèm) and his second son, [[Raymond of Toulouse\|Raymond]], who would become a prince in the [[Crusader States]].		When born, Guilhèm was considered [[bastard\|illegitimate]] by the [[Church]] owing to his parents' previous [[divorce]]s and [[consanguinity]]. His father, the eighth Duke of Aquitaine (also called Guilhèm) was obliged to make a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Rome]] in order to secure his son's legitimacy. When his father died in 1087, he took up the Duchy and was obliged by politics to marry [[Ermengarde of Anjou]], a quarrelsome and loveless match which he regretted. The childless [[marriage]] was dissolved in 1091 and Guilhèm remarried in 1099, again for political reasons. This marriage produced children, including his heir (also named Guilhèm) and his second son, [[Raymond of Toulouse\|Raymond]], who would become a [[prince]] in the [[Crusader States]].

	==Crusader==		==Crusader==

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	When he ~~was~~ born Guilhèm considered [[bastard\|illegitimate]] by the [[Church]] owing to his parents' previous [[divorce]]s and [[consanguinity]]. His father, the eighth Duke of Aquitaine (also called Guilhèm) was obliged to make a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Rome]] in order to secure his son's legitimacy. When his father died in 1087, he took up the Duchy and was obliged by politics to marry [[Ermengarde of Anjou]], a quarrelsome and loveless match which he regretted. The childless marriage was dissolved in 1091 and Guilhèm remarried in 1099, again for political reasons. This marriage produced children, including his heir (also named Guilhèm) and his second son, [[Raymond of Toulouse\|Raymond]], who would become a prince in the [[Crusader States]].		When he born, Guilhèm considered was [[bastard\|illegitimate]] by the [[Church]] owing to his parents' previous [[divorce]]s and [[consanguinity]]. His father, the eighth Duke of Aquitaine (also called Guilhèm) was obliged to make a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Rome]] in order to secure his son's legitimacy. When his father died in 1087, he took up the Duchy and was obliged by politics to marry [[Ermengarde of Anjou]], a quarrelsome and loveless match which he regretted. The childless marriage was dissolved in 1091 and Guilhèm remarried in 1099, again for political reasons. This marriage produced children, including his heir (also named Guilhèm) and his second son, [[Raymond of Toulouse\|Raymond]], who would become a prince in the [[Crusader States]].

	==Crusader==		==Crusader==

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	Despite his "successful" pilgrimage, Guilhèm would have trouble with the Church for the rest of his life, including two excommunications -- the first for financial matters, the second for "abducting" a [[vassal]]'s wife. Having been unsuccessful at war, Guilhèm turned his attentions to romance, particularly poetry. The earliest reference to his composition was from 1101, when he wrote "[[crusade song]]s". However, he would write many less pious songs, touching on sex, love, women, his own sexual prowess, and [[feudal]] politics. Often these songs are shockingly graphic, occasionally they are outrageous. These romantic songs written in the vernacular dialect of [[Occitan]] would establish the secular, romantic tradition of [[troubadour]] poetry.		Despite his "successful" pilgrimage, Guilhèm would have trouble with the Church for the rest of his life, including two excommunications -- the first for financial matters, the second for "abducting" a [[vassal]]'s wife. Having been unsuccessful at war, Guilhèm turned his attentions to romance, particularly poetry. The earliest reference to his composition was from 1101, when he wrote "[[crusade song]]s". However, he would write many less pious songs, touching on sex, love, women, his own sexual prowess, and [[feudal]] politics. Often these songs are shockingly graphic, occasionally they are outrageous. These romantic songs written in the vernacular dialect of [[Occitan]] would establish the secular, romantic tradition of [[troubadour]] poetry.

	All the themes that ran through the troubadour tradition can be found in the works of Guilhèm Despite drawing on contemporary [[Latin]] and [[Hispano-Arabic]] traditions, his works are startling in their inventiveness. Despite the importance of his work only eleven songs are now [[extant]], one of which is of dubious attribution and none of which have melodies, though there is a melodic fragment from a later document that seems to fit one of these songs.		All the themes that ran through the troubadour tradition can be found in the works of Guilhèm. Despite drawing on contemporary [[Latin]] and [[Hispano-Arabic]] traditions, his works are startling in their inventiveness. Despite the importance of his work only eleven songs are now [[extant]], one of which is of dubious attribution and none of which have melodies, though there is a melodic fragment from a later document that seems to fit one of these songs.

	Guilhèm became known as a prodigious lover and the centre of a number of scandals, particularly the "abduction" of his lover [[Dangereuse]], the wife of one of his vassals. The lady, who had not objected to being abducted at all, was installed in Guilhèm's own castle in [[Poitiers]], much to the outrage of his second wife, Philippa, who retired to an [[abbey]] until her death in 1118.		Guilhèm became known as a prodigious lover and the centre of a number of scandals, particularly the "abduction" of his lover [[Dangereuse]], the wife of one of his vassals. The lady, who had not objected to being abducted at all, was installed in Guilhèm's own castle in [[Poitiers]], much to the outrage of his second wife, Philippa, who retired to an [[abbey]] until her death in 1118.

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	Despite his "successful" pilgrimage, Guilhèm would have trouble with the Church for the rest of his life, including two excommunications -- the first for financial matters, the second for "abducting" a [[vassal]]'s wife. Having been unsuccessful at war, Guilhèm turned his attentions to romance, particularly poetry. The earliest reference to his composition was from 1101, when he wrote "[[crusade song]]s". However, he would write many less pious songs, touching on sex, love, women, his own sexual prowess, and [[feudal]] politics. Often these songs are shockingly graphic, occasionally they are outrageous. These romantic songs written in the vernacular dialect of [[Occitan]] would establish the secular, romantic tradition of [[troubadour]] poetry.		Despite his "successful" pilgrimage, Guilhèm would have trouble with the Church for the rest of his life, including two excommunications -- the first for financial matters, the second for "abducting" a [[vassal]]'s wife. Having been unsuccessful at war, Guilhèm turned his attentions to romance, particularly poetry. The earliest reference to his composition was from 1101, when he wrote "[[crusade song]]s". However, he would write many less pious songs, touching on sex, love, women, his own sexual prowess, and [[feudal]] politics. Often these songs are shockingly graphic, occasionally they are outrageous. These romantic songs written in the vernacular dialect of [[Occitan]] would establish the secular, romantic tradition of [[troubadour]] poetry.

			All the themes that ran through the troubadour tradition can be found in the works of Guilhèm Despite drawing on contemporary [[Latin]] and [[Hispano-Arabic]] traditions, his works are startling in their inventiveness. Despite the importance of his work only eleven songs are now [[extant]], one of which is of dubious attribution and none of which have melodies, though there is a melodic fragment from a later document that seems to fit one of these songs.
⚫	Guilhèm became known as a prodigious lover and the centre of a number of scandals, particularly the "abduction" of his lover [[Dangereuse]], the wife of one of his vassals. The lady, who had not objected to being abducted at all, was installed in Guilhèm own castle in [[Poitiers]], much to the outrage of his second wife, Philippa, who retired to an [[abbey]] until her death in 1118.

		⚫	Guilhèm became known as a prodigious lover and the centre of a number of scandals, particularly the "abduction" of his lover [[Dangereuse]], the wife of one of his vassals. The lady, who had not objected to being abducted at all, was installed in Guilhèm's own castle in [[Poitiers]], much to the outrage of his second wife, Philippa, who retired to an [[abbey]] until her death in 1118.

	After lavish gifts to the Church his excommunications were rescinded in 1120, and in 1126 he passed away after a short illness. His lands were inherited by his son Guilhèm, who would in turn bequeath them to his only daughter, [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]].		After lavish gifts to the Church his excommunications were rescinded in 1120, and in 1126 he passed away after a short illness. His lands were inherited by his son Guilhèm, who would in turn bequeath them to his only daughter, [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]].

Paul Matisz at 02:58, 23 July 2008

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'''Guilhèm de Peitieus''' (also called '''William of Aquitaine''') was [[Duke]] of [[Aquitaine]] and [[Gascony]] and [[Count]] of [[Poitou]]. He lived from 1071-1126 and is generally known as the first [[troubadour]], essentially inventing the poetic form and the conventions of the genre.

==Duke==
When he was born Guilhèm considered [[bastard|illegitimate]] by the [[Church]] owing to his parents' previous [[divorce]]s and [[consanguinity]]. His father, the eighth Duke of Aquitaine (also called Guilhèm) was obliged to make a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Rome]] in order to secure his son's legitimacy. When his father died in 1087, he took up the Duchy and was obliged by politics to marry [[Ermengarde of Anjou]], a quarrelsome and loveless match which he regretted. The childless marriage was dissolved in 1091 and Guilhèm remarried in 1099, again for political reasons. This marriage produced children, including his heir (also named Guilhèm) and his second son, [[Raymond of Toulouse|Raymond]], who would become a prince in the [[Crusader States]].

==Crusader==
In 1095 [[Pope]] [[Urban II]] visited Guilhèm in Aquitaine and pressed him to join the [[Crusades]], but Guilhèm declined. In 1100, however, he decided to join the [[Crusade of the Faint-Hearted]], partly out of remorse for missing the [[First Crusade]] but mostly as the threat of [[excommunication]] hung over his head; he was in disfavour with the [[Church]] owing to his seizure of [[Toulouse]] the previous year.

Guilhèm's military record on the Crusade was poor. Joining the third of the armies marching into [[Turk]]ish-controlled [[Anatolia]], he managed to lose several skirmishes through recklessness and finally had his entire command destroyed at [[Heraclea]]. Guilhèm himself escaped to [[Antioch]] with only a handful of companions, finished his [[pilgrimage]] to [[Jerusalem]] and returned to [[Aquitaine]] in 1102.

==Troubador==
Despite his "successful" pilgrimage, Guilhèm would have trouble with the Church for the rest of his life, including two excommunications -- the first for financial matters, the second for "abducting" a [[vassal]]'s wife. Having been unsuccessful at war, Guilhèm turned his attentions to romance, particularly poetry. The earliest reference to his composition was from 1101, when he wrote "[[crusade song]]s". However, he would write many less pious songs, touching on sex, love, women, his own sexual prowess, and [[feudal]] politics. Often these songs are shockingly graphic, occasionally they are outrageous. These romantic songs written in the vernacular dialect of [[Occitan]] would establish the secular, romantic tradition of [[troubadour]] poetry.

Guilhèm became known as a prodigious lover and the centre of a number of scandals, particularly the "abduction" of his lover [[Dangereuse]], the wife of one of his vassals. The lady, who had not objected to being abducted at all, was installed in Guilhèm own castle in [[Poitiers]], much to the outrage of his second wife, Philippa, who retired to an [[abbey]] until her death in 1118.

After lavish gifts to the Church his excommunications were rescinded in 1120, and in 1126 he passed away after a short illness. His lands were inherited by his son Guilhèm, who would in turn bequeath them to his only daughter, [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]].

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