William II (died 1226),
count of Perche The county of Perche was a medieval county lying between Normandy and Maine (province), Maine.
It was held by a continuous line of counts until 1226. One of these, Geoffroy III, would have been a leader of the Fourth Crusade had he not died before ...
and
bishop of Châlons, son of Count
Rotrou IV of Perche and Matilda, daughter of Count
Theobald II of Champagne and
Matilda of Carinthia.
William began his career as treasurer and provost of the Church of St. Martin of Tours, and was elected bishop of Chalons in 1215, consecrated in 1216. The following year he became count of Perche upon the death of his nephew Thomas in the
Battle of Lincoln. As count-bishop, William was a valuable advisor to the kings of France and was listed among those by Pope Honorious III to participate in the
Albigensian Crusade. His death in February 1226 left the question of the succession to the
County of Perche unresolved for years.
[, has him dying in 1233.] He left money to his cousin Countess
Isabelle of Chartres for the "support of the poor".
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1226 deaths
Counts of Perche