Willem die Madocke maecte Biography | Poet

Willem die Madocke maecte (c.1200–c.1250) ("William-who-made-the-Madoc") is the traditional designation of a 13th-century Dutch poet who wrote Van den Vos Reinaerde, a version of the story of Reynard the Fox. The poem dates from around 1250. It is considered a major work of Middle Dutch literature and has been called "the pinnacle of Gothic literature in the Netherlands."