Adenet le Roi, 'King of the Minstrels', 13th century. Artist: Unknown

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Adenet le Roi, 'King of the Minstrels', 13th century. Adenet le Roi (c1240-c1300), French poet and musician, reciting the Roman de Cleomades to Blanche of Castile (1188-1252) wife of Louis VIII of France, mother of Louis IX, granddaughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Mathilde de Brabant, Countess of Artois. After a 13th century manuscript.

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