Marie de France

Marie de France

female, 909 years old
Marie de France ("Mary of France") was a poet evidently born in France and living in England during the late 12th century. Virtually nothing is...

Jean Bodel

male, 909 years old
Jean Bodel, who lived in the late twelfth century, was an Old French poet who wrote a number of "chansons de geste". He lived in Arras. Bodel wrote...
Robert Guiscard

Robert Guiscard

male, deceased (1085)
Robert Guiscard (from Latin "Viscardus" and Old French "Viscart", often rendered "the Resourceful", "the Cunning", "the Wily", or "the Fox" — mo...
Thomas Of Britain

Thomas Of Britain

male
Thomas of Britain was an Anglo-Norman poet of the 12th century. He is known for his Old French poem "Tristan", a version of the Tristan and Iseult...
Ulrich von Zatzikhoven

Ulrich von Zatzikhoven

male
Ulrich von Zatzikhoven was the author of the Middle High German Arthurian romance "Lanzelet". Ulrich's name and his place of origin ("Zezikon" in...

Baldwin Of Ibelin

male, deceased (1187)
Baldwin of Ibelin, also known as Baldwin of Ramla (early 1130s - c. 1187), was an important noble of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th...

Amatus Of Montecassino

male
Amatus of Montecassino (Amatus Casinensis), a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Montecassino is one of three Italo-Norman chroniclers, the others...
Stuart Merrill

Stuart Merrill

male, deceased (1915)
Stuart Merrill was an American poet, born in Hempstead, New York, who wrote in the French language. He belonged to the Symbolist school. Educated...
Guillaume Tirel

Guillaume Tirel

male, deceased (1395)
Guillaume Tirel, alias Taillevent (Old French: "slicewind") (1310-1395) was the cook of several French kings, including Philip VI, Charles V and...
Geoffrey Gaimar

Geoffrey Gaimar

male, 909 years old
Geoffrey Gaimar (flourished 1140?), was an Anglo-Norman chronicler. Gaimar's most significant contribution to medieval literature and history is as...