 He wrote mostly "grand chants", but also a "pastourelle", a "lai", and a "jeu-parti" with Guillaume li Vinier.Andrieu is probably the ' who in 1239, according to French royal documents, joined the Crusade of Theobald I of Navarre as a knight and minstrel.His appearance in royal documents may indicate his service (probably as a minstrel) to Louis IX, and he addressed his song ' to Louis.