Peire de Valeira
[1] Only two of his poems survive,[2] one canso ("Vezer volgra n'Ezelgarda"[3]) and one cobla ("Qui qu'Amors don son voler"[4]).
[2] His vida places his birthplace in the fief of Arnaut Guillem de Marsan, who was himself a troubadour.
He catches us off guard with this tactic at the end of the short vida about Peire de Valeira, for example, which he concludes with the harsh judgement: Sei cantar non aguen gran valor "His songs did not have much value" .
"[5] Peire's entire vida, found in MSS I and K, however, is probably unreliable, since it appears to confuse him with another Gascon troubadour, Arnaut de Tintinhac.
[8] The paubra valor ("poor value") of Peire's songs may be a reflection of the popularity of Gascon influence.
"Peire de Valeira was from Gascony, from the land of Sir Arnaut Guillem de Marsan. . ."