Pere March

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Pere March
Bornc. 1336-1338
Valencian
ChildrenAusiàs March

Pere March (c. 1336-1338 — 7 June 1413) was a

Valencian poet. He was the father of Ausiàs March and the uncle of Arnau March
.

Pere's family had been lawyers and officers of the court of the

Valencia, he was seemingly the younger brother of Jaume March II, and the family's possessions around Barcelona
passed to Jaume.

Pere served at the court of the younger brother of King

Martin I
. For his services, Pere was knighted.

After his death at

Along with verses he wrote together with Jaume, three major poems by Pere March survive:

  • El mal d'amor
  • L'arnés del cavaller
  • Lo compte final

References

  • Pujol Gomez, Josep, "March, Pere" in Gauvard, C., de Libera, A. & Zink, M. (eds), Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge. Paris: PUF/Quadrige, 2nd edn, 2004. (in French)