Jean de Trie ( – 1298×1304) was the
Count of Dammartin (as John I) and lord of
Trie
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and
Mouchy (as John II) from 1272.
A member of the , John succeeded his father,
Mathieu I, on the latter's death in 1272. According to the ''
Chronique Tournaisienne'', John died fighting for the king of France at the
Battle of the Golden Spurs
The Battle of the Golden Spurs (; ) or 1302 Battle of Courtrai was a military confrontation between the royal army of Kingdom of France, France and rebellious forces of the County of Flanders on 11 July 1302 during the 1297–1305 Franco-Flem ...
on 11 July 1302. John had married first Ermengarde, then Yolande, daughter of
John I of Dreux. The latter bore him two children:
Renaud
Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (; born 11 May 1952 in Paris), known as Renaud, is a French singer-songwriter.
With twenty-six albums to his credit, selling nearly twenty million copies, he is one of France's most popular singers. Several of h ...
, who succeeded him prior to May 1304, and Mahaut, who in 1298 married Henry de Vergy (died 1333). Some sources place his death at the
Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle
The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle (or Pevelenberg) was fought on 18 August 1304 between the French and the Flemish. The French were led by their king, Philip IV.
Prelude
The French king wanted revenge for the defeat in Battle of the Golden Spur ...
on 18 August 1304, but this is after his son Renaud had already become count in May.
He is the same person as the
trouvère
''Trouvère'' (, ), sometimes spelled ''trouveur'' (, ), is the Northern French ('' langue d'oïl'') form of the '' langue d'oc'' (Occitan) word ''trobador'', the precursor of the modern French word '' troubadour''. ''Trouvère'' refers to po ...
Jehan de Trie, to whom two surviving ''
chansons courtoises'' have been attributed. One of these, ''Bone dame me prie de chanter'', is also sometimes attributed to
Theobald I of Navarre
Theobald I (, ; 30 May 1201 – 8 July 1253), also called the Troubadour and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne (as Theobald IV) from birth and King of Navarre from 1234. He initiated the Barons' Crusade, was famous as a trouvère, and was the ...
or
Gace Brulé
Gace Brulé ( 1160 – after 1213) was a French nobleman and trouvère from Champagne.
His name is simply a description of his blazonry. He owned land in Groslière and had dealings with the Knights Templar, and received a gift from the future ...
. The other, ''Li lons consirs et la grans volentés'', is undisputed. Both are
isometric
The term ''isometric'' comes from the Greek for "having equal measurement".
isometric may mean:
* Cubic crystal system, also called isometric crystal system
* Isometre, a rhythmic technique in music.
* "Isometric (Intro)", a song by Madeon from ...
,
decasyllabic
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,
Dorian and set in
bar form
Bar form (German: ''die Barform'' or ''der Bar'') is a musical form of the pattern AAB.
Original use
The term comes from the rigorous terminology of the Meistersinger guilds of the 15th to 18th century who used it to refer to their songs and the ...
, and begin with the
leading-tone
In music theory, a leading tone (also called subsemitone or leading note in the UK) is a note or pitch which resolves or "leads" to a note one semitone higher or lower, being a lower and upper leading tone, respectively. Typically, leading to ...
(the seventh degree). At one place in ''Bone dame'' there occurs the highly unusual octave leap downwards.
References
Bibliography
*Claerr, Thierry. "Jean de Trie, comte de Dammartin et poète lyrique du XIII
e siècle: est-il le héros du ''Roman de Jehan de Dammartin et Blonde d'Oxford''?" ''Romania'', 117:1–2 (1999), 258–72.
*Courtenay, William J. "Between Pope and King: The Parisian Letters of Adhesion of 1303." ''
Speculum The term speculum, Latin for "mirror", and its plural specula, may refer to:
* ''Speculum'' (journal), a journal of medieval studies published by the Medieval Academy of America
* Speculum (medical), a medical tool used for examining body cavities ...
'', 71:3 (1996), 577–605.
*
Delisle, Léopold Victor''Recherches sur les Comtes de Dammartin''Société des antiquaires de France, 1869.
*DeVries, Kelly. "The Use of Chronicles in Creating Medieval Military History". ''The Journal of Medieval Military History'', 2 (2004), 1–16.
*Dyggve, Holger Petersen. ''Trouvères et protecteurs de trouvères dans les cours seigneuriales de France''. Helsinki, 1942.
*
Karp, Theodore"Jehan de Trie."''Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online.'' Accessed 20 September 2008.
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Counts of Dammartin
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Year of birth uncertain
French male classical composers