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Wolfram von Eschenbach (c. 1170–c. 1220)
Eschenbach, Wolfram von (esh’en-bäċh). A celebrated German poet; born of a noble family at Eschenbach, near Ansbach, Bavaria, in the second half of the twelfth century; died between 1218 and 1225. He was one of the most prominent minstrels at the court of Hermann, landgraf of Thuringia; and his epics rank among the greatest German imaginative works. Besides several love songs, he wrote ‘Parzival,’ ‘Wilhelm von Orange,’ and ‘Titurel.’