Centule I (

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: ''Centolh d'Astaragues'') (died 1230 or 1233) was the

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from 1174 or 1175 until his death. He is recorded in a '' sirventes'' of

Bertran de Born Bertran de Born (; 1140s – by 1215) was a baron from the Limousin in France, and one of the major Occitan troubadours of the 12th-13th century. He composed love songs (cansos) but was better known for his political songs (sirventes). He ...

as having joined the alliance against Richard the Lion-Hearted in 1183. Bertran calls him ''E.n Centols''. Centule raised a company of Gascon ''

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'' along with Gaston VI of Béarn and sent them north under one Brunus (or Brenus) to aid Adhemar V of Limoges in besieging a church on the Gorre in February. The company was routed by Richard. Centule participated in the

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in the

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and was present at the great

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in 1212.

Sources

*Kastner, L. E
"Concerning Two ''Sirventes'' of Bertran de Born."
''Modern Philology'', Vol. 29, No. 1. (Aug., 1931), pp. 1–9. {{DEFAULTSORT:Centule 01 Of Astarac 1233 deaths Counts of Astarac People of the Reconquista Year of birth unknown