N'Iseut de Capio or Capion (born c. 1140) was a noblewoman and trobairitz

Trobairitz

The trobairitz were Occitan female troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries, active from around 1170 to approximately 1260. The word trobairitz was first used in the 13th-century romance Flamenca. It comes from the Provençal word trobar, the literal meaning of which is "to find", and the...

 from Gévaudan

Gévaudan

Gévaudan is a historical area of France, nowadays situated in Lozère département. It took its name from the Gabali, a Gallic tribe subordinate to the Arverni.- History :...

. She was a neighbour of Almucs de Castelnau

Almucs de Castelnau

Almucs de Castelnau or Castelnou was a trobairitz, that is a female troubadour, from a town near Avignon in Provence. Her name is also spelled Almuc, Amucs, Almois, Almurs, or Almirs....

, with whom she composed a tenso

Tenso

A tenso is a style of Occitan song favoured by the troubadours. It takes the form of a debate in which each voice defends a position on a topic relating to love or ethics. Closely related genres include the partimen and the cobla exchange...

, her only surviving piece of work.

Iseut's origins and identity are a matter of conjecture. What can be said with certainty is that she was from the castrum de Capione, either modern Chapieu or Chapelins. The castle

Castle

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 stood atop the Mont Mimat above the River Mende. She may have belonged to the family of Tournel, one of the eight baronies of Gévaudan, and the one in which Chapieu lay. Since Tournel belonged to the Diocese of Mende and only on the death of the bishop, Aldebert III of Tournel, in 1187 did it return to the family of Chapieu, and since the family adopted the Tournel name exclusively from about 1250, Iseut's life can be confidently placed between those dates.

There is a long razo

Razo

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preceding (and claiming to explain) the exchange of coblas between Iseut and Almucs. It tells how Iseut begged Almucs de Castelnau to pardon Gigo (Gui), lord of Tournon

Tournon-sur-Rhône

Tournon-sur-Rhône is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.-Geography:It is located on the right bank of the Rhône River, opposite Tain-l'Hermitage, which is located in the Drôme département...

 (Tornon) in the Vivarais

Vivarais

Vivarais is a traditional region in the south-east of France, covering the département of Ardèche, named after its capital Viviers on the river Rhône...

, Iseut's knight, who had committed "a great fault" against Almucs. Gigo, however, neither repented nor sought forgiveness, and so Almucs responded to Iseut in a cobla of her own. This exchange has been dated to around 1190.