William of Joinville (French ''Guillaume de Joinville''; died 1226) was a French ecclesiastic. A younger son of

Geoffrey IV of Joinville Geoffrey IV (died August 1190), called the Younger (French ''Geoffroy le Jeune''), was the Lord of Joinville from 1188 until his death on the Third Crusade two years later. He is surnamed ''Valet'' by Alberic of Trois-Fontaines. Family Geoffrey wa ...

and Helvide of Dampierre, he joined the chapter of

Châlons Cathedral Châlons Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Châlons) is a Roman Catholic church in Châlons-en-Champagne, France, formerly known as Châlons-sur-Marne. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Châlons and was consecrated in 1147 ...

, become archdeacon by 1191. He then became

bishop of Langres The Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lingonensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Langres'') is a Roman Catholic diocese comprising the ''département'' of Haute-Marne in France. The diocese is now a suffragan in ecclesiastical pr ...

and thus a ''

pair de France The Peerage of France (french: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 in the Middle Ages. The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (french: Pair de France, links=no) was ...

'' in 1208 and finally

archbishop of Reims The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese ...

in 1219. He was the candidate of King

Philip Augustus Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), byname Philip Augustus (french: Philippe Auguste), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks, but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French m ...

to become

bishop of Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Es ...

in 1212, but lost out to

Conrad III of Scharfenberg Conrad of Scharfenberg (german: Konrad von Scharfenberg; c. 1165 – 24 March 1224) was a Kingdom of Germany, German cleric who became bishop of Speyer (1200–24, as Conrad III) and later, simultaneously, bishop of Metz (1212–24). He came from a ...

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* 1226 deaths Bishops of Langres Archbishops of Reims 13th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France Year of birth unknown 13th-century peers of France {{France-RC-bishop-stub