GRAUNSON. Otes de Graunson, c. 1340-1397, was a noble from Savoy who spent much time in England. He swore allegiance to the English king and joined the household of John of Gaunt in 1374, where, it is certain, he met Chaucer. His estates in Savoy were confiscated in 1393, following his implication in a plot against the count of Savoy. He was killed in a duel in 1397 when he fought to prove his innocence of the charges made against him.

Chaucer calls Graunson "flour of hem that make in Fraunce," Complaint of Venus 82. This poem is composed from translations of three French balades by Graunson, who, even during his lifetime, enjoyed an outstanding reputation as a poet of courtly love.

The name appears in medial position, Venus 82.