Biography.guide
Home › People › Troubadour › Peire Guillem de Tolosa
Portrait of Peire Guillem de Tolosa

Peire Guillem de Tolosa

b. 1200

Occitan poet

TroubadourPoet Composer
Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Peire Guillem de Tolosa

Born 1200. Peire Guillem de Tolosa was a French troubadour, poet and composer.

"Pere Guillem was from Toulouse. . ."He is portrayed here as a monk. Peire Guillem (or Guilhem) de Tolosa was a 13th-century troubadour from Toulouse. Only one sirventes he wrote ("En Sordel, que us es semblan"), a tenso with the contemporary Italian poet Sordello, survives.

According to his vida, Peire Guillem was a courtly man who loved high society. The author of the vida also expresses admiration for his couplets but laments the excessive number he composed, even though so few of his works still exist. He was also said to have composed sirventes joglarescs, or sirventes in the manner of joglars, to criticise "the barons" (presumably the high noblesse). He also wrote a work criticising the prolific trouvère Theobald I of Navarre.

The troubadour Bertran Carbonel twice mentions another troubadour by the initials P.G., possibly indicating Peire Guilhem. He mourns a certain P.G. in a planh, where the initials probably stand in the manuscript for a full name, since three syllables would be required by the metre. Perhaps Pey Guillem, Pey being a hypocoristic form of Peire, is intended. In another case, Bertran directs a sirventes of admonition against a troubadour identified only by his initials: .P. / ponchat et enapres un .G..

According to his vida, he entered the "Order of Spaza," probably the "Order of the Sword," which means either the Order of Santiago or the Order of the Faith and Peace.

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Born
1200, Toulouse
Birth century
Occupation
Troubadour, poet, composer
Nationality

Frequently asked questions

Who was Peire Guillem de Tolosa?

Occitan poet

When was Peire Guillem de Tolosa born?

Peire Guillem de Tolosa was born in 1200 in Toulouse.

What was Peire Guillem de Tolosa's occupation?

Peire Guillem de Tolosa was a troubadour, poet and composer.

What nationality was Peire Guillem de Tolosa?

Peire Guillem de Tolosa was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Peire Guillem de Tolosa

· Wikidata: Q1246077

· DBpedia: Peire Guillem de Tolosa

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Peire Guillem de Tolosa. https://biography.guide/peire-guillem-de-tolosa/

MLA: "Peire Guillem de Tolosa." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/peire-guillem-de-tolosa/.

Chicago: "Peire Guillem de Tolosa." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/peire-guillem-de-tolosa/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:30 UTC