Aubrey (or Alberic of Humbert) was the
Archbishop of Reims
The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese ...
from 1207 to 1218. He was a warrior prelate, participating in both the
Albigensian Crusade
The Albigensian Crusade or the Cathar Crusade (; 1209–1229) was a military and ideological campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, southern France. The Crusade was prosecuted primarily by the French crown ...
of 1209 and the
Fifth Crusade
The Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering Egypt, ruled by the powerful Ayyubid sultanate, led by al-Adil, brother of Sala ...
. In the latter, he travelled with the Hungarian troops.
Sources
*Setton, Kenneth M. (general editor) ''A History of the Crusades: Volume II — The Later Crusades, 1189 – 1311''. Robert Lee Wolff and Harry W. Hazard, editors. University of Wisconsin Press: Milwaukee, 1969.
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1218 deaths
People of the Albigensian Crusade
Christians of the Fifth Crusade
Archbishops of Reims
13th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France
Year of birth unknown
13th-century peers of France
Armed priests