Seven works by other trouvères (Jehan de Grieviler, Jehan Erart, Jaques le Vinier, Colart le Boutellier, and Mahieu de Gant) are dedicated to Bretel and he was for a time the "Prince" of the Puy d'Arras.
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Bretel held the hereditary post of sergeant at the Abbey of Saint Vaast in Arras, in which capacity he oversaw the rights of the abbacy on the river Scarpe.
Jehan Alain | Noor Jehan | Jehan Erart | Jehan Bretel | Jehan | Jacques Bretel |
His relationship with two Arras trouvères is apparent in his lyrics, Guillaume le Vinier and Jehan Bretel.