Francesc de Castellví i de Vic

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Francesc de Castellví i de Vic (* probably in Valencia , Spain ; † September 6, 1506 ibid) was a Valencian poet , minister and royal administrator. He was of noble descent and carried the title of cavaller . Francesc is the Catalan spelling of the first name. Mostly, however, he was called Francí , the abbreviated form of the name. The Spanish form Francisco can also be found in literature . The name Castellví comes from Burgundy , from where part of the family emigrated to Aragon .

Life

Francí de Castellví came from a respected Valencian family. His father was Don Pedro de Castellví and his mother Doña Violante de Vic. He had a brother, Luis, and two sisters, María and Beatriz. Castellví was baron of Benimuslem, a municipality in the province of Valencia, and lord of Mulata. In 1464 he became the prince's waiter and later a close advisor to the court of King Ferdinand II of Aragon . From 1476 to 1495 he was administrator of the royal court, 1496 juror and 1497 minister in Valencia. On May 21, 1496 he was elected a knight.

As a poet, Francí de Castellví belonged to the famous circle of writers around Berenguer Mercader and Bernat Fenollar . He is one of the personalities in Joan Roís de Corella's " Parliament en casa de Berenguer Mercader ". In 1474 he took part in the poetic competition of Valencia with one poem each in Catalan and Castilian . The collected results of this competition were printed under the title " Obres o trobes de laors de la Verge Maria " in 1474 and are probably one of the first printed books in the country.

Based on his poems, some conclusions can be drawn about his personality. So he seems to have been a fighter by nature. He liked confronting difficulties and showed a strong will to win. In Calvo's words: “It is an expansive and vitalistic mentality of contagious optimism”.

Castellví died on September 6, 1506 and arranged for him to be buried in the Castellví family chapel, which was next to the main altar of the monastery of Santo Domingo.

Works

Mostly smaller poems, often in collaboration with other poets.

  • Scachs d'amor , together with Bernat Fenollar and Narcís Vinyoles , 1470–1490.
  • Poems contained in " Obres o trobes de laors de la Verge Maria ", on the occasion of the poets' competition in 1474.
  • Poems contained in " Cancionero general de Hernando del Castillo ", (Second edition 1514).

Chess meaning

Francí de Castellví was co-author of the chess poem Scachs d'amor , the first written reference to the game of chess, which was played with new rules (in particular the type of move of checkers and bishops ) . He is therefore, together with his co-authors Narcis Vinyoles and Bernat Fenollar, as well as the literary figure Francesc Vicent, a co-founder of modern chess. Although the Scachs d'amor is an artistically constructed chess game, which is hardly a record of a real game played, Castellví is the first known winner of this game.

See also

literature

  • Ricardo Calvo: Valencia Spain: The Cradle of European Chess (PDF; 166 kB). Presentation to the CCI, Vienna 1998 (English).
  • Diccionari Biogràfic, Vol. 1 (AC), Alberti Verlag, Barcelona 1966, p. 520 (Spanish).
  • Enciclopèdia Catalana, SAU (online): Francesc de Castellví i de Vic , (accessed July 20, 2015).
  • Francisco Martí Grajales: Ensayo de un Diccionario Biográfico y Bibliográfico de los poetas que florecieron en el Reino de Valencia hasta el año 1700 , Madrid 1927, p. 71f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marti 1927, p. 72; at Calvo 1998 however November 6th.
  2. ↑ Calvo 1998.
  3. ↑ These details come from the father's will of March 21, 1474 (Marti 1927, p. 71).
  4. ↑ Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  5. ↑ Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  6. ↑ Calvo 1998.
  7. ↑ Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  8. ↑ Marti 1927, p. 71.
  9. ↑ Diccionari Biografic 1966, p. 520 and Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  10. ↑ Diccionari Biografic 1966, p. 520.
  11. ↑ Calvo 1998.
  12. ↑ Marti 1927, p. 72.
  13. ↑ Calvo 1998.
personal data
SURNAME Castellví i de Vic, Francesc de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Castellví i de Vic, Francí de; Castellví i de Vic, Francisco de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Valencian poet, minister and royal administrator
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1506