Elias or Elyas d'Ussel or d'Uisel (fl. c. 1200) was a Limousin troubadour, the cousin of the three brothers Eble, Peire, and Gui, and co-castellan with them of the castle of Ussel-sur-Sarzonne, northeast of Ventadorn. Limousin ( Occitan: Lemosin) is a former Province of France around the city of Limoges in central France. A troubadour ( IPA:, originally) was a composer and performer of Occitan Lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100&ndash1350 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. A castellan was the Governor or caretaker of a Castle or Keep. Ussel is a commune of the Corrèze department in central France. Moustier-Ventadour is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. [1]
According to Gui's vida, Elias composed "good tensos. Vida is the usual term for a brief prose biography written in Occitan, of a Troubadour or Trobairitz. [2] He has left behind four tensos, one partimen, and two coblas. The partimen, partiment, partia, or joc partit is a Genre of Occitan Lyric poetry A cobla is a Stanza in Occitan Lyric poetry, the artform of the Troubadours. He composed one series of verses with Gaucelm Faidit. Gaucelm Faidit (c 1170 &ndash c 1202 was a Troubadour, born in Uzerche, in the Limousin, from a family of knights in service of the count of The complete works of the four relations of Ussel, including Eble, were first compiled in one volume by J. Audiau as Les poésies des quatre troubadours d'Ussel (Paris, Delagrave, 1922). They are all available online at trobar.org.
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