This article aims to identify the individuals and places evoked by the first known troubadour in two of his songs, Compaigno farai un vers tot covinen and Un vers farai, pos me someill. By following an article once published by Richard Goddard, we found evidences in the cartulary of Saint-Pierre d’Uzerche (Corrèze) that Willam the Ninth Duke of Aquitaine was deeply engaged in a struggle with two of his vassals, Golfier de Lastours and Hidegaire de Champagne, with little chance of success.