Guillem de Ribes

Guillem de Ribes (born c.1140) was a Catalan nobleman and troubadour, the lord (or castellan) of Sant Pere de Ribes. He was a known composer of lyric verse, but none of his works survive. In the song of Peire d'Alvernhe, probably performed for the entourage of Eleanor, daughter of Henry II of England and fiancée of Alfonso VIII of Castile, in Gascony on its way back to Castile in 1173, Guillem is one of twelve contemporary troubadours (each probably present) satired: