Simon Doria
Italian statesman and writer
Simon Doria (Italian: Simone, Occitan: Symon; fl. 1250–1293) was a Genoese statesman and man of letters, of the important Doria family. As a troubadour he wrote six surviving tensos, four with Lanfranc Cigala, one incomplete with Jacme Grils, and another with a certain Alberto. He was the son of a Perceval Doria, but not the Perceval Doria who was also a troubadour and probably his cousin.
Identification
A Simon Doria is first recorded in 1253 at Tunis, carrying money and gold cloth. In 1254 and 1256, he is recorded as the husband of a Contessina, sister of Giacomino, of the house of the margraves of Gavi. In 1257, he accepted some money in mutuum. In 1267, he was absent from Genoa and represented there by a proxy. He was dead by 13 March 1275. Obviously a banker or merchant, this Simon is difficult to identify with the troubadour.
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