Chrestien de Troyes

or Chré·tien de Troyes

[ krey-tyan duh trwah ]
/ kreɪˈtyɛ̃ də ˈtrwɑ /

noun

c1140–c90, French poet.

British Dictionary definitions for chrétien de troyes

Chrétien de Troyes
/ (French kretjɛ̃ də trwa) /

noun

12th century, French poet, who wrote the five Arthurian romances Erec; Cligès; Lancelot, le chevalier de la charette; Yvain, le chevalier au lion; and Perceval, le conte del Graal (?1155–?1190), the first courtly romances