1212 in poetry

Events

 * Walther von der Vogelweide wrote Der Ottenton
 * Bertran de Gourdon wrote two coblas on doing homage to Philip II of France
 * May 6 &mdash; The troubadour Ademar Jordan was captured in battle by Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester and never heard from again

Births

 * Ibn Sahl of Seville (died 1251), Arabic language Moorish poet of Andalusia