Guy de Roye (died 1409) was a French prelate.

Biography

Originating from a noble house in Picardy, he attached himself to the Avignon popes

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and Benedict XIII. He was

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, and then Dol before becoming

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and of Sens. He finally became

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 a ...

in 1390. He founded the collège de Reims in

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, facing the collège Sainte-Barbe. He got into a quarrel with the marshals of Volti, near

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, on his way to the

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with Louis I of Bar and

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, leading to a riot in which Guy was killed by a crossbow bolt.

References

Sources

* * * "Guy de Roye", in Marie-Nicolas Bouillet and Alexis Chassang (dir.), ''Dictionnaire universel d'histoire et de géographie'', 1878 1409 deaths Bishops of Castres Bishops of Dol Archbishops of Reims Archbishops of Sens Archbishops of Tours Bishops of Verdun 15th-century French Roman Catholic bishops 14th-century French Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown Deaths by projectile weapons 14th-century peers of France 15th-century peers of France {{France-RC-bishop-stub