Blondel de Nesle

Blondel de Nesle (* with 1155-1160; † after 1200 ) was one of the earliest northern France Trouvères. After his speech Blondel came from Picardy, namely from the town of Nesle (Latin: Nigella ) in the Somme department. Blondel can be attributed to some twenty songs, and exclusively love songs.

The Trouvère Blondel it, according to the Blondelsage King Richard the Lionheart in the years 1192-1194 was looking for his arrest on his return from the Third Crusade in Dürnstein in Austria, as he drew from castle to castle and everywhere sang the songs that only he was could know and King Richard. Whether the historical Blondel was actually acquainted with Richard the Lionheart, is unclear. In none of the traditional songs under his name there is an allusion to King Richard.

Blondel is the eponymous main character of the musical Blondel by Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver from the year 1983.