Philippe de Nanteuil

Philippe de Nanteuil was a French knight and troubadour. He inherited the seigneurie of Nanteuil-le-Haudouin from his father, also Philippe de Nanteuil. He was a vassal of Thibaut de Champagne, king of Navarre and trouvère, and became his friend.^:48

In 1239 Gautier de Brienne, the count of Jaffa, was taken prisoner by the Ayyubids together with many French crusaders. De Nanteuil was among them, and was imprisoned in Cairo. There he wrote a chanson, En chantant veil mon duel faire, critical of the Military Orders.