Wolfram von Eschenbach

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1. c. 1170–1200Eschenbach · FranconiaBorn into a knightly family of Bavaria–Franconia, he described his holdings as modest. His works mention the lords of Abensberg, Wildenfels, and Wertheim, indicating that in his early years he was active in the Franconia region as an attendant or guest.
2. c. 1200–1210Eschenbach and the Thuringian court · GermanyAround 1200–1210 he wrote the Middle High German epic Parzival, some 25,000 lines in 16 books, reworking Chrétien's unfinished Grail story and tracing a spiritual journey from a naive knight to Grail King; it became a masterpiece of medieval German narrative poetry.
3. c. 1203–1217Eisenach (Wartburg) · ThuringiaAfter 1203 he repeatedly stayed at the court of Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia in Eisenach, where some sections of Parzival are traditionally believed to have been written. Fellow poets at the court included Walther von der Vogelweide. Hermann I's death in 1217 serves as a chronological anchor for his late work.
4. 1217–1220Eschenbach · FranconiaAfter Hermann I's death he mentioned his patron's passing in the unfinished crusade epic Willehalm, and left fragments of Titurel. Both works were never completed, indicating he died around 1220.