Gaucelm Faidit

Gaucelm Faidit (Old Occitan: [ɡawˈtʃɛlm fajˈdit] literally "Gaucelm the Dispossessed" c. 1156 – c. 1209) was a troubadour, born in Uzerche, in the Limousin, from a family of knights in service of the count of Turenne.

His known patrons include Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Dalfi d'Alvernha; he was also at one time in Poitiers at the court of Richard I of England, for whose death he wrote a famous planh (lament) in 1199.

According to the vida, her name was Guillelma Monja: "she was very beautiful and well educated" and accompanied her husband on Crusade.

The vida also claims that Gaucelm was rather fat, and that after their marriage, Guillelma also put on weight.

Six poems are addressed to Boniface of Montferrat, and twelve to Maria de Ventadorn.