Louis of Luxembourg
Louis of Luxembourg ( French Louis de Luxembourg ; * 1391 ; † September 18, 1443 in Hatfield ) was Bishop of Thérouanne and Bishop of Ely , Archbishop of Rouen and Chancellor of France .
Life
He was a younger son of Johann von Luxembourg († 1397), Lord of Beaurevoir , and the Marguerite d'Engien, Countess of Brienne. His brothers were the Counts Peter I of Saint-Pol († 1433) and John II of Ligny († 1441). Like all his brothers, Ludwig was a devoted supporter of the Duke of Burgundy in the late phase of the Hundred Years War . In 1415 he was elected Bishop of Thérouanne, but was not recognized by the Pope in this office until 1418. On July 22, 1418 he was appointed first President of the Court of Auditors ( Chambre des comptes ) and on February 7, 1425 he was elected Chancellor of France by the Parliament of Paris . This made him one of the main pillars of English rule in France, represented by the regent John of Bedford . In September 1429 Ludwig was able to repel an attack by Joan of Arc on Paris, but in April 1436 he had to let the troops of King Charles VII enter the city. Ludwig fled to Normandy , which was still held by England , where he was immediately appointed Archbishop of Rouen. In 1437 the establishment in the English diocese of Ely followed and in 1439 the elevation to cardinal . The further advance of the French king into Normandy forced him to leave for England in 1443, where he died shortly afterwards.
His body was in the Ely Cathedral buried, his heart , however, was in Rouen buried .
literature
- EB Fryde, DE Greenway, S. Porter, I. Roy: Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd revised edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996, ISBN 0-521-56350-X (English).
Web links
- Luxembourg, Louis de. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 4, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hugo-Lancelot of Lusignan |
Cardinal Bishop of Frascati 1442–1443 |
Giuliano Cesarini |
| Philip Morgan |
Bishop of Ely 1437–1443 |
Thomas Bourchier |
| Hugues V. des Orges |
Archbishop of Rouen 1436–1443 |
Raoul (Rudolf) Roussel |
| Matthieu or Renaud de Bapaume |
Bishop of Thérouanne 1415–1436 |
Jean V., called le Jeune |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Louis of Luxembourg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Louis de Luxembourg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Thérouanne and Ely, Archbishop of Rouen, Cardinal, Chancellor of France |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1391 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1443 |
| Place of death | Hatfield |