Eble III of Ventadorn was viscount of Ventadour (

Corrèze Corrèze (; oc, Corresa) is a department in France, named after the river Corrèze which runs through it. Although its prefecture is Tulle, its most populated city is Brive-la-Gaillarde. Corrèze is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, ...

, 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 Ventadorn Bernart de Ventadorn (also Bernard de Ventadour or Bernat del Ventadorn; – ) was a French poet-composer troubadour of the classical age of troubadour poetry. Generally regarded as the most important troubadour in both poetry and music, his 1 ...

, one of the earliest troubadours whose works survive. In 1148 he married Marguerite de

Turenne Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11 September 161127 July 1675), commonly known as Turenne , was a French general and one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. The most illustrious member of the ...

, daughter of Raymond, viscount of Turenne and of Mathilde du Perche. They had one daughter, Matabrune. This marriage had ended before 1150, when Marguerite remarried: she died in 1173. Meanwhile, before 1156, Eble married Alais, daughter of

William VI of Montpellier William VI or Guillem VI (died 1161) was the eldest son of William V and his wife Ermessende, daughter of Count . William succeeded his father in the lordship of Montpellier in 1121, while still a minor, under his mother's guardianship. He suppres ...

and elder sister of William VII. They had a son, Eble. This son, who became

Eble IV of Ventadorn Eble IV was viscount of Ventadour (Corrèze, France) in the 12th century. He was the son of Eble III of Ventadorn (died 1170) and Alais, daughter of William VI of Montpellier William VI or Guillem VI (died 1161) was the eldest son of William V and ...

, married Sybille de la Faye (daughter of Raoul de Châtellerault, grand seneschal of

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) and had eight children, one of whom was to be Eble V and was to marry Marie de Turenne, better known as

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 ...

, a

trobairitz The ''trobairitz'' () were Occitan female troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries, active from around 1170 to approximately 1260. ''Trobairitz'' is both singular and plural. The word ''trobairitz'' is first attested in the 13th-century roma ...

and patron of

troubadour A troubadour (, ; oc, trobador ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a ''trobairit ...

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A Ventadour genealogy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eble 03 Of Ventadorn Viscounts of Ventadour 1170 deaths Year of birth unknown