Eble II of Ventadorn was viscount of
Ventadour (
Corrèze
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, France). He was born at some date after 1086, the son of
Eble I (died 1096) and of Almodis de Montberon.
Eble II was the ''Ebolus cantator'' (a singer named Eble, Eble le chanteur), who according to a contemporary historian,
Geoffroy, prior of Vigeois, ''erat valde gratiosus in cantilenis'' ("gave a great deal of pleasure by his songs"). None of his poems survive: perhaps none were written down. He is often credited as the first Provençal troubadour, an immediate predecessor of and an influence on
William IX of Aquitaine and
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 ...
.
Eble II married Alix or Agnes, daughter of Guillaume de Montluçon. They had three sons,
Eble (III), Guillaume, and Archambaud. Guillaume became lord of
Ussel and apparently the founder of a family that included four troubadours,
Eble,
Peire,
Gui
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and
Elias d'Ussel.
Eble II of Ventadorn died in 1155 at
Montecassino
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, Italy.
External links
A Ventadour genealogy
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Viscounts of Ventadour
12th-century French troubadours
11th-century births
1155 deaths