Wace
Wace drawn by John Everett Millais | |
| Born | c. 1110 Jersey, Duchy of Normandy |
| Died | after 1174 (age 64+) |
| Language | Old French/Old Norman/Anglo-Norman |
| Nationality | Norman |
| Education | Educated in Caen |
| Period | Anglo-Norman literature |
| Years active | 1150s–70s |
Wace (c. 1110 – after 1174), sometimes referred to as Robert Wace, was a Medieval Norman poet, who was born in Jersey and brought up in mainland Normandy (he tells us in the Roman de Rou that he was taken as a child to Caen), ending his career as Canon of Bayeux.