William of the White Hands

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William of the White Hands (French: Guillaume aux Blanches Mains; 1135–1202), also called William White Hands, was a French cardinal.

William of the White Hands
Petrus Comestor (d. c. 1178) presents his Historia scholastica to Archbishop William of the White Hands.
Church	Roman Catholic
Archdiocese	Sens
Diocese	Chartres
Personal details
Born	1135 Brosse
Died	7 September 1202

William of the White Hands interposing at the Treaty of Arras, concluded in 1191, between Baldwin V., Count of Hainault, and Matilda of Portugal, Widow of Philip, Count of Flanders.

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.^[1]

William served as Bishop of Chartres in 1165,^[2] Archbishop of Sens (1169–1176),^[3] Archbishop of Reims (1175–1202),^[3] 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;^[4] 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

1. Cline 2007, p. 501-502.
2. Cline 2007, p. 501.
3. Cline 2007, p. 502.
4. Crosby 2013, p. 162.

Sources

• Cline, Ruth Harwood (2007). "Abbot Hugh: An Overlooked Brother of Henry I, Count of Champagne". The Catholic Historical Review. 93 (3 (July)). Catholic University of America Press: 501–516. doi:10.1353/cat.2007.0240. S2CID 159951701.
• Crosby, E. (2013). The King's Bishops The Politics of Patronage in England and Normandy, 1066-1216. 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. *
• 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

• Biography

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Henry of France	Archbishop of Reims 1176–1202	Succeeded by Guy Paré