Guillaume d'Ercuis (1265 — 1314/15) was the

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to King

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and the tutor of his son, King Philip IV. He was a royal notary, and, as one of the King's men, a

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, Mello, Marchais and of

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, archdeacon of Laon and of Thiérache. He derived his name from his small ''

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'' of Ercuis (Old French ''Arcuys'' or ''Erquez''; Latin ''Arquetum'') in the

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is between

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and

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, about 55 km from Paris. At Ercuis he erected a chapel dedicated to

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, served by the monks of the Abbey of St Genevieve,

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. His parents were Guillaume d’Ercuis (1240-1302) and Helisende. His brother was called Jean; he was a servant to Philip IV. Guillaume d'Ercuis kept a journal, his ''livre de raison'' noting his expenses for the purchase of domains, of furnishings and books. Some annotations relate to his personal life and to court life. His descendant, H. Coustant d'Yanville, published a ''Notice sur Guillaume d'Ercuis, précepteur de Philippe le Bel'' (Beauvais 1864).Coustant d'Yanville H., ''Notice sur Guillaume d'Ercuis, précepteur de Philippe le Bel'', Beauvais, 1864

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Guillaume d'Ercuis, ''Livre de raison''
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