Rainald von Bar (Bishop of Chartres)

Rainald von Bar (alternatively sometimes referred to as Reginald von Mousson) († December 9, 1217 ) was Bishop of Chartres from 1182 to 1217 .

Life

Rainald von Bar was a son of Rainald II , his mother was a daughter of Theobald II , through whom he was related as a cousin to Philip II of France. He was also the nephew of Wilhelm von Blois .

He began his spiritual career as a canon at Tours Cathedral . There he was also treasurer until he was elected bishop in 1182. He took part in the Third Crusade . In 1199 he arranged the wedding of Theobald III. with Blanka from Navarre . The latter soon became the de facto regent, which allowed Rainald to exert influence. In 1201, Philip's annulled wife Agnes-Maria von Andechs-Meranien was buried in the monastery of St. Corentin, which belonged to the Diocese of Chartres .

In 1201 he made a donation to Santo Spirito in Sassia , which Honorius III. Documented confirmation in 1217.

In the Albigensian Crusade he was in command of several knights and took part in the siege of Termes Castle (Aude) .

In the episcopate he was the successor to Petrus Cellensis and died in office in 1217.

Web links

The Counts of Bar at Medieval Lands

Individual evidence

^ Franz X. Barth: Hildebert von Lavardin (1056–1133) and the ecclesiastical right to fill vacancies (= canonical treatises. H. 34/36, ZDB -ID 501637-x ). F. Enke, Stuttgart 1906, p. 309 .

^ Kathleen Thompson: Power and border lordship in medieval France. The county of the Perche, 1000-1226. Boydell Press, Woodbridge et al. 2002, ISBN 0-86193-254-4 , p. 134 .

^ Geoffrey V. Scammell: Hugh du Puiset. Bishop of Durham. (A Biography of the Twelfth-Century Bishop of Durham). 1st paperback edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-17985-0 , p. 24 .

↑ Gisela Drossbach: Christian caritas as a legal institution. Hospital and order of Santo Spirito in Sassia (1198–1378) (= canon and state church law. 2). Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2005, ISBN 3-506-71766-9 , p. 53 , (at the same time: Dresden, Technical University, habilitation paper, 2002).

predecessor	Office	successor
Petrus Cellensis	Bishop of Chartres 1182–1217	Gautier

personal data
SURNAME	Rainald from bar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Chartres
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
DATE OF DEATH	December 9, 1217
Place of death	Chartres

[1] Franz X. Barth: Hildebert von Lavardin (1056–1133) and the ecclesiastical right to fill vacancies (= canonical treatises. H. 34/36, ZDB -ID 501637-x ). F. Enke, Stuttgart 1906, p. 309 .

[2] Kathleen Thompson: Power and border lordship in medieval France. The county of the Perche, 1000-1226. Boydell Press, Woodbridge et al. 2002, ISBN 0-86193-254-4 , p. 134 .

[3] Geoffrey V. Scammell: Hugh du Puiset. Bishop of Durham. (A Biography of the Twelfth-Century Bishop of Durham). 1st paperback edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-17985-0 , p. 24 .