biography
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Walther von der Vogelweide
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pronunciation:
[valter fon der foh
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1170–1230)
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| biography:
| German lyric poet. In 1190–8 he was in high favour at the court of Austria, and was later at Mainz and Magdeburg. In 1204 he outshone his rivals in the great contest at the Wartburg. He first sided with the Guelphs, but made friends with the victorious Hohenstaufen, Frederick II, who gave him a small estate. He wrote political, religious, and didactic poems, and a wide range of love poems. |
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