Maria de ventadorn biography of barack

Maria de Ventadorn (or Ventedorn) (French: Marie de Ventadour) was a patron of troubadour poetry at the end of the 12th century.^[1]

Maria was one of las tres de Torena, "the three of Turenne", the three daughters of viscount Raymond II of Turenne and of Elise de Séverac.^[2] These three, according to Bertran de Born, possessed tota beltat terrena, "all earthly beauty".^[2] Her date of birth is uncertain; she possibly died in 1222.

Her name is variously recorded as Marie de Turenne and Marguerite de Turenne. She married viscount Eble V of Ventadour (Corrèze, France); they had a son, Eble (VI),^[2] who married Dauphine de la Tour d'Auvergne, and a daughter, Alix or Alasia.^[3]

Maria's husband was the grandson of Eble III (patron of the important early troubadour Bernart de Ventadorn), and the great-grandson of Eble le chanteur, believed to have been among the creators of the genre.^[2] Maria