Eble II of Ventadorn was viscount of Ventadour (Corrèze, France). Moustier-Ventadour is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Corrèze ( Occitan: Corresa) is a department in south central France, named after the Corrèze River. He was born at some date after 1086, the son of Eble I (died 1096) and of Almodis de Montberon.
Eble II was the Ebolus cantator (a singer named Eble, Eble le chanteur), who according to a contemporary historian, Geoffroy, prior of Vigeois, erat valde gratiosus in cantilenis ("gave a great deal of pleasure by his songs"). Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois was a 12th century French Chronicler He was trained at the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Martial of Limoges None of his poems survive: perhaps none were written down. He is often credited as the first Provençal troubadour, an immediate predecessor of and an influence on William IX of Aquitaine and Bernart de Ventadorn. Bernart de Ventadorn (1130-1140 &ndash 1190-1200 also known as Bernard de Ventadour or Bernat del Ventadorn, was a prominent Troubador of the classical
Eble II married Alix or Agnes, daughter of Guillaume de Montluçon. They had three sons, Eble (III), Guillaume, and Archambaud. Eble III of Ventadorn was viscount of Ventadour ( Corrèze, France Guillaume became lord of Ussel and apparently the founder of a family that included four troubadours, Eble, Peire, Gui and Elias d'Ussel. Ussel is a commune of the Corrèze department in central France. Eble or Ebles d'Ussel (also d'Ussèl or d'Uisel; fl c 1200 was a Limousin Troubadour, the eldest of three brothers Castellans Peire d'Ussel or d'Uisel ( Pèire d'Ussèl in modern Occitan; fl Gui d'Ussel, d'Ussèl, or d'Uisel (fl 1195&ndash1209 was a turn-of-the-thirteenth-century Troubadour of the Limousin. Elias or Elyas d'Ussel or d'Uisel (fl c 1200 was a Limousin Troubadour, the cousin of the three brothers Eble, Peire
Eble II of Ventadorn died in 1155 at Montecassino, Italy. For information about the World War II battle see the Battle of Monte Cassino.