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2 unusual facts about Jacques Bretel


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In 1285, the trouvère from Lorraine, Jacques Bretel, spent several days at the castle where he met Count Henry IV.

Jacques Bretel

His only known work, signed and dated, le Tournoi de Chauvency, is a long poem of about 4,500 verses recounting the events of a tournament held during six days of feasting given by Louis V, Count of Chiny in October 1285 at Chauvency-le-Château.



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