William of the White Hands
{{Short description|French cardinal (1135–1202)}}
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|death_date=7 September 1202
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William of the White Hands ({{langx|fr|Guillaume aux Blanches Mains}}; 1135–1202), also called William White Hands, was a French cardinal.
William was born in Brosse, Île-de-France, France. He was a son of Theobald the Great, Count of Blois and Count of Champagne, and Matilda of Carinthia.{{sfn|Cline|2007|p=501-502}}
William served as Bishop of Chartres in 1165,{{sfn|Cline|2007|p=501}} Archbishop of Sens (1169–1176),{{sfn|Cline|2007|p=502}} Archbishop of Reims (1175–1202),{{sfn|Cline|2007|p=502}} and the first Peer of France to bear that title. He anointed his nephew, Philip II of France, as co-king on 1 November 1179 in Rheims. Pope Alexander III created him Cardinal Priest of Santa Sabina in March 1179;{{sfn|Crosby|2013|p=162}} as such, he signed the papal bulls between 8 April 1179 and 23 December 1201. He died on 7 September 1202.
William was portrayed by actor Liam O'Callaghan in the 1978 BBC TV drama series The Devil's Crown.
References
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Sources
- {{cite journal |title=Abbot Hugh: An Overlooked Brother of Henry I, Count of Champagne |first=Ruth Harwood |last=Cline |journal=The Catholic Historical Review |volume=93| issue = 3 (July) |year=2007 |pages=501–516 |publisher=Catholic University of America Press |doi=10.1353/cat.2007.0240 |s2cid=159951701 }}
- {{cite book |title=The King's Bishops The Politics of Patronage in England and Normandy, 1066-1216|first= E. |last=Crosby |year=2013 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan }}
Further reading
- Ludwig Falkenstein, "Guillaume aux Blanches Mains, archevêque de Reims et légat du siège apostolique (1176–1202),” Revue d’histoire de l’Église de France, XCI, 2005, pp. 5–25.
- Ludwig Falkenstein, "Wilhelm vom Champagne, Elekt von Chartres (1164-1168), Erzbischof von Sens (1168/69-1176), Erzbischof von Reims (1176-1202), Legat des apostolischen Stuhles, im Spiegel papstlicher Schreiben und Privilegien", Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Kanonistische Abteilung, CXX, 2003, pp. 107–284. *[http://www.digizeitschriften.de/dms/img/?PPN=PPN602167337_0089&DMDID=DMDLOG_0007]
- Dietrich Lohrmann, Papsturkunden in Frankreich. Neue Folge. 7. Bd. Nördliche Ile-de-France und Vermandois. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1976. (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Philologisch-historische Klasse; 3. Folge, Nr. 95).
- Jules Mathorez, "Guillaume aux Blanches-Mains, évêque de Chartres", Archives du diocese de Chartres, Pièces detaches, Etudes et documents, XX, 1914, pp. 187–340.
External links
- [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1179.htm#Champagne Biography]
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