Le Chastelain de Couci (modern
orthography
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Le Châtelain de Coucy) was a French
trouvère
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of the 12th century. He may have been the Guy de Couci who was
castellan of
Château de Coucy from 1186 to 1203.
Some twenty-six songs, written in
langue d'oïl
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are attributed to him, and about fifteen or sixteen are considered authentic. They are modelled very closely on
Provençal originals, but are saved from the category of mere imitations by a grace and simplicity peculiar to the author. The legend of the love of the Châtelain de Coucy and the Lady of Fayel, in which there figures a jealous husband who makes his wife eat the heart of her lover, has no historical basis, and dates from a late 13th century romance by
Jakemon Sakesep.
The story, which seems to be Breton in origin, has been also told of a Provençal troubadour,
Guilhem de Cabestaing, and of the minnesinger
Reinmar von Brennenberg.
Pierre de Belloy, who wrote some account of the
family of Couci, made the story the subject of his tragedy ''
Gabrielle de Vergy''.
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song in French
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Le Chatelain de Coucy
12th-century French people
Male classical composers