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Wace

Wace

1100 –1174

Poet, Writer, Historian

Lived 74 years

Born in
Jersey
Passed away in
Bayeux

Wace (c. 1110 – after 1174), sometimes referred to as Robert Wace, was a Medieval Norman poet, who was born in Jersey and brought up in mainland Normandy (he tells us in the Roman de Rou that he was taken as a child to Caen), ending his career as Canon of Bayeux.

Notable works: Roman de Brut, Roman de Rou, La vie de sainte Marguerite, La conception Nostre Dame, Le trespassement Nostre Dame, L'Assomption de la Vierge, Les trois Marie

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wace