Henri de France, duc de Reims

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Henri de France

Heinrich - French Henri de France, duc de Reims - (* between 1121 and 1123; † November 13, 1175 ) was a son of King Louis VI. "Des Fat" of France from his marriage to Adelaide of Maurienne-Savoy , eldest daughter of Humbert, Count of Maurienne and Savoy.

Heinrich entered the clergy. He was first canon in Paris , then archdeacon in Orléans . He owned several abbeys , which he ceded to his brother Philip in order to become a monk in Clairvaux monastery in 1145 . In 1149 he became Bishop of Beauvais (until 1162). He died in 1175 as Archbishop and Duke of Reims , Peer of France .

swell

  • Letter from the Abbot of Saint-Remi, Petrus Cellensis , from the summer of 1167. In: Julian Haseldine (Ed.): The Letters of Peter of Celle . New edition, Oxford University Press, 2001, ISBN 9780198204459 , pp. 392–395, limited preview in Google Book Search

literature

  • Berend Wispelwey (Ed.): Biographical Index of the Middle Ages . New edition, Walter de Gruyter, 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-091416-0 , p. 521.
predecessor Office successor
Odon III. Bishop of Beauvais
1149–1162
Barthélémi de Montcornet
Samson de Mauvoisin Archbishop of Reims
1162–1175
Guillaume aux Blanches Mains