Ademar lo Negre ("Adhemar the Black")His name is also spelled ''Azemar'', french: Adémar le Noir, la, Adelmarus Niger. was a troubadour from Languedoc in the early thirteenth century (

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1210–1219). He was originally from Château-Vieux (''Castelveill''), which was under the jurisdiction of the Trencavel lords of Albi at the time. He was patronised by

Peter II of Aragon Peter II the Catholic (; ) (July 1178 – 12 September 1213) was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1196 to 1213. Background Peter was born in Huesca, the son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile. In 1205 he acknowled ...

and

Raymond VI of Toulouse Raymond VI ( oc, Ramon; October 27, 1156 – August 2, 1222) was Count of Toulouse and Marquis of Provence from 1194 to 1222. He was also Count of Melgueil (as Raymond IV) from 1173 to 1190. Early life Raymond was born at Saint-Gilles, Gard, ...

and even spent some time at the court of Ferdinand III of Castile. Four '' cansos'' of his survive.

Sources

*Lang, H. R
"The Relations of the Earliest Portuguese Lyric School with the Troubadours and Trouvères."
''Modern Language Notes'', 10:4 (Apr., 1895), pp. 104–116. *''The Vidas of the Troubadours''. Margarita Egan, trans. New York: Garland, 1984. .

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