Gertrude of Dagsburg
Gertrude of Dagsburg (died 30 March 1225) was the reigning countess of Metz and Dagsburg (Dabo) between 1212 and 1225. She was duchess consort of Lorraine by marriage to Theobald. She was a trouvère.
She was the daughter and heiress of Albert II,[1] count of Metz and Dagsburg (Dabo).
Life
Gertrude was named after her mother, Gertrude of Baden, the daughter of Herman III, Margrave of Baden. The birth date of May 1205 (or as late as mid-1206) often assigned to her is questionable, as her mother was then 52 years old. A more plausible date is c. 1190.
Gertrude succeeded her father as countess on his death in 1212, at which time she had already married Theobald, soon to be Duke of Lorraine (1213), according to the Vitæ Odiliæ. Their betrothal occurred in September 1205, possibly when she was an infant. On her marriage her husband took over the administration of her inheritance, but he died in early 1220 without siring any children. In May 1220 she married Theobald IV of Champagne, who was only an adolescent, against the wishes of the Emperor Frederick II. In 1222 Theobald repudiated her for either consanguinity (following Alberic of Trois-Fontaines) or sterility (according to Richer of Senones). In 1224 she married a third time to Simon III, count of Leiningen, but she died within a year. She was buried in the abbey of Sturzelbronn. Her husband inherited her county.
Works
Gertrude is probably the Duchess of Lorraine who composed two lyric poems in Old French. One, Un petit devant le jour, is found in multiple sources, some with accompanying musical notation.[2] The other is found only in manuscript CH-BEsu MS 389, alongside Un petit devant. They are numbered R1640 and R1995.
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- Adam de Givenchi
- Adam de la Halle
- Adenet Le Roi
- Andrieu Contredit d'Arras
- Aubertin d'Airaines
- Aubin de Sézanne
- Audefroi le Bastart
- Baudouin des Auteus
- Benoît de Sainte-Maure
- Bestournés
- Blondel de Nesle
- Carasaus
- Chastelain de Couci
- Chardon de Croisilles
- Châtelain d'Arras
- Chrétien de Troyes
- Colart le Boutellier
- Colart le Changeur
- Colin Muset
- Conon de Béthune
- Coupart
- Ernoul Caupain
- Ernoul le Vieux
- Étienne de Meaux
- Eustache le Peintre de Reims
- Gace Brulé
- Gaidifer d'Avion
- Gautier de Coincy
- Gautier de Dargies
- Gautier d'Espinal
- Gillebert de Berneville
- Gilles le Vinier
- Gobin de Reims
- Gontier de Soignies
- Guibert Kaukesel
- Guillaume d'Amiens
- Guillaume de Ferrières
- Guillaume le Vinier
- Guillaume Veau
- Guiot de Dijon
- Guiot de Provins
- Henry Amion
- Henry le Débonnaire
- Henri de Lacy
- Hue de la Ferté
- Hugues de Berzé
- Huon d'Oisi
- Huon de Saint-Quentin
- Jaque de Dampierre
- Jacques Bretel
- Jacques de Cambrai
- Jacques de Cysoing
- Jacques le Vinier
- Jean Bodel
- Jean Renaut
- Jehan Bretel
- Jehan le Cuvelier d'Arras
- Jehan Erart
- Jean le Roux
- Jehan de Braine
- Jehan Fremaux
- Jehan de Grieviler
- Jehan de Nuevile
- Jehan de Trie
- Jocelin de Dijon
- Lambert Ferri
- Lorris Acot
- Mahieu de Gant
- Mahieu le Juif
- Moniot d'Arras
- Moniot de Paris
- Oede de la Couroierie
- Othon de Grandson
- Perrin d'Angicourt
- Perrot de Neele
- Philippe de Nanteuil
- Philippe de Remy
- Pierre de Corbie
- Pierre de Molins
- Pierrekin de la Coupele
- Raoul de Beauvais
- Raoul de Ferier
- Raoul de Soissons
- Richard de Fournival
- Richart de Semilli
- Richard I of England
- Robert de Blois
- Robert de Castel
- Robert de Reims
- Robert de la Piere
- Rutebeuf
- Simon d'Authie
- Sauvage d'Arraz
- Thibaut de Blazon
- Thibaut le Chansonnier
- Thierri de Soissons
- Thomas de Herier
- Vielart de Corbie
- Walter of Bibbesworth
- Blanche of Castile
- Dame de la Chaucie
- Dame de Gosnai
- Gertrude of Dagsburg
- Lorete
- Margot
- Maroie de Diergnau
- Sainte des Prez