Guillaume III. de Croy

Guillaume Cardinal de Croÿ (depiction around 1610)

Cardinal coat of arms (schematic representation)

Guillaume de Croÿ (* 1498 ; † January 6, 1521 in Worms ) came from the French aristocratic family Croÿ and was a cardinal of the Roman Church and Prince-Bishop of Cambrai .

Life

Since August 15, 1516, successor of his uncle Jacques de Croÿ as Bishop of Cambrai , Pope Leo X elevated him to cardinal on April 1, 1517 and made him cardinal priest of the titular church of Santa Maria in Aquiro on May 25, 1517 . After he had been appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Toledo on December 31, 1517 , he renounced the Diocese of Cambrai on August 17, 1519.

He died on January 6, 1521 during the Diet of Worms in a riding accident while hunting.

Web links

Entry on Guillaume de Croy on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 6, 2016.

Individual evidence

↑ Croy, Guillaume III de. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed December 6, 2016.

predecessor	Office	successor
Jacques de Croy	Bishop of Cambrai 1516–1519	Robert III de Croy
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros	Archbishop of Toledo 1517–1521	Alonso de Fonseca III.

personal data
SURNAME	Croy, Guillaume de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Croÿ, William de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH	1498
DATE OF DEATH	January 6, 1521
Place of death	Worms

[1] Croy, Guillaume III de. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed December 6, 2016.