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Guillaume II Amanieu de Genève (''Guillaume de Gebennis'') (died 13 September 1227), Archbishop of Bordeaux (1207-1227) and Seneschal of Gascony (1217-1218) was a 13th century French noble.

Biography

Considered to be descended from the Geniès family, Guillaume was elected in 1207 to the position of Archbishop of Bordeaux. The archbishop and primate of Bourges complained to King Philip II of France, in 1210 about the refusal of Guillaume to accept the jurisdiction of primacy of the Archbishop of Bourges, over the Archbishop of Bordeaux. The matter was raised with

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, who directed action against Guillaume. Guillame was involved in the

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of 1212 with King

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. In 1217, he was appointed to the office of Seneschal of Gascony, by King

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, serving until 1218. Guillaume is known to have been in

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, in the

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in October 1221, as part of the Fifth Crusade and in 1223 at

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, Egypt. Travelling to Rome in 1225, he had returned to Angoulême by July 1227. Guillaume were involved in the

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in 1227, before his death on 13 September 1227.

References

*The pontifical France ... chronological and biographical history of the archbishops and bishops of all the dioceses of France. 1 flights. Flight. 1, 2are of the 2nd ed. Honored Jean P. Fisquet, 1864. {{DEFAULTSORT:Geneva, Guillaume II Amanieu de Year of birth unknown 1227 deaths 13th-century French people Medieval French knights Seneschals of Gascony Christians of the Fifth Crusade