
Rui (or Roi) Queimado was a 13th-century Portuguese trovador. His family belonged to the petty nobility of the valley of the Vez and he seems to have been active in Castile in the 1240s. The themes of his verses reflect those of the circle around Alfonso X. He was the target of cantiga de escárnio e maldizer (insult song) from the Castilian trovador Pero Garcia Burgalês.
There are 24 songs attributed to Rui across three genres: cantiga de amigo (friend song), cantiga de amor (love song) and cantiga de escárnio e maldizer. Rui also wrote three songs that do not fit neatly into the standard genre classifications.
Rui's three songs beyond genre are:
Preguntou Joam Garcia is written in the style of a cantiga de amor with features taken from the cantiga de escárnio. The short Pois que eu ora morto for is its continuation, having features of the cantiga de amor. Both pieces break the rule of cantigas de amor by revealing the beloved's name, in this case Guiomar Affonso Gata.
Por mia senhor fremosa quer'eu bem is a humorous satire on the conventions of the cantiga de amor.