William of the White Hands (french: Guillaume aux Blanches Mains; 1135–1202), also called William White Hands, was a French
cardinal
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William was born in
Brosse,
Île-de-France
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, France. He was a son of
Theobald the Great,
Count of Blois
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and
Count of Champagne, and
Matilda of Carinthia
Matilda of Carinthia (Mathilde of Sponheim; died 13 December 1160 or 1161) was a daughter of Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia and his wife Uta of Passau. She married Theobald II, Count of Champagne in 1123.
Her children with Theobald were:
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William served as Bishop of
Chartres
Chartres () is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 170,763 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Chartres (as d ...
in 1165, Archbishop of
Sens
Sens () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yonne Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, 120 km from Paris.
Sens is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture and the second city of the d ...
(1169–1176), Archbishop of
Reims
Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne.
Founded by ...
(1175–1202), and the first
Peer of France
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to bear that title. He anointed his nephew,
Philip II of France, as co-king on 1 November 1179 in
Rheims.
Pope Alexander III
Pope Alexander III (c. 1100/1105 – 30 August 1181), born Roland ( it, Rolando), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 September 1159 until his death in 1181.
A native of Siena, Alexander became pope after a con ...
created him
Cardinal Priest of
Santa Sabina in March 1179; 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
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References
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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.
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Biography
House of Blois
Bishops of Chartres
Archbishops of Reims
Archbishops of Sens
12th-century French cardinals
External cardinals
Cardinals created by Pope Alexander III
1135 births
1202 deaths
13th-century peers of France
13th-century French cardinals
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