Geoffroy de Boulogne

Last updated
Geoffroy de Boulogne
Bishop of Paris
In office1061 - 1095
Predecessor Humbert de Vergy
Successor Guillaume de Montfort
Other postArchdeacon of Arras
Personal details
Died1095 (1096)
Parents Eustace I, Count of Boulogne
Matilda of Louvain

Geoffroy de Boulogne (died 1095) was the bishop of Paris from 1061 until his death [1] and was also Chancellor of France.

Life

Geoffroy de Boulogne was the son of Eustace I, Count of Boulogne and Matilda of Louvain. [2] [3] He was the Archdeacon of Arras, before being appointed bishop of Paris in 1061. [3] [4] This was in part thanks to his family's ties to Baldwin V of Flanders the, at the time, regent for Philip I [4] . Geoffroy would later follow Baldwin in the War of the Flemish Succession of 1070 and 1071 [4] . He was Chancellor of France various times. Firstly, between 1075 and 1077. Then, from 1081 and 1085, when he was elected archchancellor, position that he held until his death. [3] [4] [5]

In 1074, de Boulogne convocated a council in Paris, discussing a decree of Gregory VII's condemning priests who had concubines. This decree was apparently contested by the members of the clergy. [4]

In 1077, he was accused of simony trough the papal legate Hugh of Die, toghether with his nephew Geoffrey, Bishops of Chartres, who was excommunicated. To clear his name, Geoffrey of Boulogne went to Rome. On the way, he was robbed by bandits, reaching the city without any money. Despite that, he was pardoned by Gregory VII. [3] [4]

De Boulogne was present to the council of Reims regarding Philip I's divorce and remarriage in 1094. It is unclear what where his positions on the matter. [4] He would die the following year, in 1095. [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Gams, Pius Bonifacius (1857). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae. Internet Archive. Graz Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. p. 596.
  2. ↑ "MGH SS 9". www.dmgh.de. p. 322. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Jaunay, Louis Auteur du texte (1884). Histoire des évêques et archevêques de Paris / par Louis Jaunay,... pp. 88–89.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Plongeron, Bernard; Pietri, Luce (1987). Le Diocèse de Paris: Des origines à la Révolution (in French). Editions Beauchesne. pp. 69–71. ISBN   978-2-7010-1132-5.
  5. ↑ France; Prou, Maurice; Arbois de Jubainville, H. d' (Henry) (1908). Recueil des acted de Philippe Ier, roi de France (1059-1108). Boston Public Library. Paris : Imprimerie Nationale. pp. LVI.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.