Blacatz, known in French genealogy as Blacas de

Blacas The House of Blacas is the name of two ancient French nobility, French noble houses which successively owned the Lordship of Aups with its castle in Provence (whose name is still spelled in the ancient form ''Aulps'' in their surname). Blacas d'A ...

III (1165–1237), was the feudal lord of

Aups Aups (; Provençal dialect, Provençal in the classical norm, ''Aup'' in the Mistralian norm, )However, after the preposition ''a ~ à'' 'to', the forms are ''as Aups ~ à-z-Aup'' and are pronounced is a Commune of France, commune in the Var ( ...

and a

troubadour A troubadour (, ; ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a ''trobairitz''. The tr ...

. Sordello composed a lament (''planh'') on his death, inviting the kings of his time to share and eat the heart of Blacatz and thus acquire a portion of his courage. He was the father of the troubadour Blacasset.

References

* Renat Nelli, ''Ecrivains anticonformistes du moyen-âge occitan''. Paris, 1977. {{DEFAULTSORT:Blacatz 1165 births 1236 deaths People from Var (department) 13th-century French troubadours 12th-century French troubadours