The 1389 papal conclave (25 October – 2 November) was convoked after the death of

Pope Urban VI Pope Urban VI ( la, Urbanus VI; it, Urbano VI; c. 1318 – 15 October 1389), born Bartolomeo Prignano (), was head of the Catholic Church from 8 April 1378 to his death in October 1389. He was the most recent pope to be elected from outside the ...

. The conclave is historically unique because all of the cardinal electors were the creation of a single pontiff: Urban VI, the very pope who was being replaced. None of the surviving cardinals created by previous popes recognized Urban VI as legitimate (see:

Western Schism The Western Schism, also known as the Papal Schism, the Vatican Standoff, the Great Occidental Schism, or the Schism of 1378 (), was a split within the Catholic Church lasting from 1378 to 1417 in which bishops residing in Rome and Avignon b ...

). In addition, Urban VI had deposed four of his ''creatures'', and three were absent, leaving only sixteen cardinal electors.Miranda, Salvator. 1998.
Papal elections of the 14th Century (1303-1394)
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Cardinal electors

Absentee cardinals

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