Henri Dauphin (or Henri de la Tour du Pin) (1296–1349) was a
bishop of Metz
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,
France
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from 1319 to 1325.
Biography
Henri was the son of
Humbert I
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bishop of Passau
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by
pope John XXII
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on 4 May 1319 after the bishopric had been vacant for 3 years after the death of Reginald of Bar. He held this bishopric simultaneously with canon posts at
Rouen
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,
Vienne
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Saint Juste de Lyon
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and
Cambrai
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and the post of
archdeacon of Worcester
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In 1323 he engaged the château de Condé to Edward I, comte de Bar in the form of a vouerie, in lieu of the 6000 livres which he owed him. This debt had been contracted by Edouard's predecessor as comte de Bar, Renaud de Bar. In 1324 he had to return the château de Chatillon to Henry I, lord of Blamont, which Henry I had entrusted to his predecessor. As he was continually extracting money from the Metz diocese, it began to protest and Henri resigned the bishopric on August 25, 1325, took up his former seat, and withdrew to the Dauphiné. Louis of Poitiers succeeded him as bishop.