Airas Nunes (c. 1230 – 1293) was a Galician

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and

troubador 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 ''trobairi ...

of the 13th century. He served under a

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and much later, between 1284 and 1289, was a poet in the court of Sancho IV of Castille. His songs are written in medieval

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. Fourteen of his compositions are known, of which 6 are love songs (''Cantigas de Amor''), 3 songs of the friend (''Cantigas de Amigo''), 4 satires, and a pastoral song. At times quotations from other authors, such as King Denis of Portugal, King

Alfonso X of Castile Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, es, el Sabio; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Ger ...

, João Zorro and Nuno Fernandes Torneol, are found in his work. It is thought that he may have collaborated in the composition of the

Cantigas de Santa Maria The ''Cantigas de Santa Maria'' (, ; "Canticles of Holy Mary") are 420 poems with musical notation, written in the medieval Galician-Portuguese language during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile ''El Sabio'' (1221–1284). Traditionally, they a ...

of Alfonso X the Wise.

References

''Airas Nunes'', in Cantigas Medievais Galego-Portuguesas
13th-century Galician-Portuguese troubadours Year of birth uncertain 1293 deaths {{Galicia-bio-stub