PRINCE OF BLAYE GAUFFRE RUDEL
\pɹˈɪns ɒv blˈe͡ɪ ɡˈɔːfə ɹˈuːdə͡l], \pɹˈɪns ɒv blˈeɪ ɡˈɔːfə ɹˈuːdəl], \p_ɹ_ˈɪ_n_s ɒ_v b_l_ˈeɪ ɡ_ˈɔː_f_ə ɹ_ˈuː_d_əl]\
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A French troubadour of the twelfth century, who attached himself to the suite of Geoffrey, Count of Bretagne, son of Henry II. of England. He went to Syria in search of a fair countess of Tripoli, rumors of whose beauty had reached him; and was so overcome when he finally saw her and heard her voice that he fell dead at her feet. She buried him with great pomp, and retired to a convent to mourn him all her days. Petrarch makes mention of Rudel; and several bits of verse by him are extant in the MSS. of Provencal literature, now in the great libraries of Paris, Venice, and Rome. One of them has been published by Raynouard, as the "Gem of the Original Poems of the Troubadours".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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