Chrés·tien de Troyes also Chré·tien de Troyes 
(krā-tyăɴ də trwä) fl. 1170.
(krā-tyăɴ də trwä) fl. 1170. French trouvère who wrote the earliest surviving Arthurian romances, including Perceval, the first work to incorporate the quest for the Holy Grail into an Arthurian tale.