Conon de Béthune

Conon de Béthune ( German also Kuno of Bethune; * 1150 in Artois; † 17 Dezember 1219/1220 in Adrian Opel Opel or Constantine ) was a knight and Trouvère.

Conon was born the 10th son of Robert V., Lord of Béthune, in the then Flemish Artois. He was a cousin of Trouvères Huon d' Oisi and students in the arts. From the side of his grandmother ago he was related to the Count of Flanders Hainaut. His appearance at the French court in 1180 is therefore probably due to the wedding of the then 10 -year-old Isabella of Hainault with the French king Philip II.

The initially because of his bad French and his Picardy dialect somewhat ridiculed ( he complains in a song: ... mon langage Blame ont les François, et les mes canchons oyant Champenois ... ), took in the aftermath of King Philip II on the third Crusade (1189/1190-1193) part, he had wished for 1188 ( the model for a number of seals on the subject) in his famous crusade song. His father died here in 1191 at the siege of Acre.

At the Fourth Crusade, he took as a follower and close associate of Count Baldwin of Hainault and Flanders, the rise in the course of the crusade for Latin Emperor of Constantinople Opel, part. Conon was negotiating with Venice on the water transport and had after the conquest of Constantinople Opel important offices, such as the governor of Adrian Opel, held. After the death of Baldwin, he was among the leaders of the ruling barons of the Latin Empire.

The crusade chroniclers describe him as a spirited, violent, eloquent and proud men; so call him Geoffrey of Villehardouin: "Bon chevalier et say estoit et bien eloquens ".

See also: House Béthune

Works

Conon is considered an important mediator of the originally coming from Provence Minne seal in the North of France. From its seals 10 songs have been handed down:

  • Chancon legiere a entender
  • Si voiremant con cele don ever chant
  • Mout me Semont Amor que je m'envoise
  • Ahi! Cupid, com dure departie
  • Bien me deüsse targier
  • Se RAIGE et derverie
  • Doce Belle Dame Chiere
  • Tant ai amé c'or me convient haïr
  • L' autrier un jor aprés la Saint Denise
  • L' autre autrier Avînt en cel païs
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