Bertrand de Born

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Bertrand de Born was a 12th-century Occitan nobleman and troubadour famed for his politically charged and warlike poetry, later depicted by Dante in the Inferno.

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Bertrand de Born the Younger 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Occitan nobleman
human
nobleman
poet
troubadour
allegoricalRoleInInferno sower of discord
associatedWith Plantagenet court politics
courtly culture of southern France
contributedTo development of the sirventes form
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 12th century
depictedBy Dante Alighieri
describedBySource Inferno
surface form: Dante's Inferno
ethnicGroup Occitan
familyName de Born
fictionalAppearance Inferno
floruit 12th century
c. 1180s
genre political poetry
sirventes
war poetry
givenName Bertrand
hasInfluenced Dante Alighieri
languageOfWorkOrName Occitan
literaryTradition Occitan lyric poetry
movement troubadour tradition
notableFor politically charged poetry
satirical attacks on rulers
warlike poetry
notableIdea glorification of warfare
praise of chivalric violence
notableWork sirventes
occupation nobleman
poet
troubadour
participantIn Anglo-French aristocratic feuds
conflicts between Henry II of England and his sons
placeOfBirth Hautefort
positionHeld Lord of Hautefort
presentInWork Inferno
surface form: Inferno, Canto XXVIII
punishmentInInferno carrying his severed head
relative Bertrand de Born self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bertrand de Born the Younger

Constantia de Born
religion Catholicism
residence Hautefort
sexOrGender male
workPreservationStatus partially preserved corpus

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Bertrand hasNotableBearer Bertrand de Born
Bertrand de Born relative Bertrand de Born self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bertrand de Born the Younger