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Guillaume de Blois (1135 – 1202), called Guillaume aux Blanches Mains (William Whitehands), or Guillaume de Champagne, was a French Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior Ecclesiology official, usually a Bishop , of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope....
.

He was born in Brosse, Īle-de-France, France. He was bishop of Chartres in 1165, archbishop of Sens (1169 – 1176), archbishop of Reims
Archbishop of Reims

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Erected as a diocese around 250 by Sixtus of Reims, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese around 750....
 (1175 – 1202), and first Peer of France to bear that title.

He was a son of Theobald the Great
Theobald II of Champagne

Theobald the Great was Count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV from 1102 and was Count of Champagne and of Brie as Theobald II from 1125....
, count of Blois
Count of Blois

The County of Blois was originally centred on Blois, south of Paris, France. One of the chief cities, along with Blois itself, was Chartres. Blois was associated with Champagne, France, Ch?tillon , and later with the List of French monarchs, to whom the county passed in 1391....
 and count of Champagne
Count of Champagne

The Counts of Champagne ruled the region of Champagne from 950 to 1316. Champagne evolved from the county of Troyes in the late eleventh century and Hugh I of Champagne was the first to officially use the title "Count of Champagne"....
, and Matilda of Carinthia.






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Guillaume de Blois (1135 – 1202), called Guillaume aux Blanches Mains (William Whitehands), or Guillaume de Champagne, was a French Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior Ecclesiology official, usually a Bishop , of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope....
.

He was born in Brosse, Īle-de-France, France. He was bishop of Chartres in 1165, archbishop of Sens (1169 – 1176), archbishop of Reims
Archbishop of Reims

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Erected as a diocese around 250 by Sixtus of Reims, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese around 750....
 (1175 – 1202), and first Peer of France to bear that title.

He was a son of Theobald the Great
Theobald II of Champagne

Theobald the Great was Count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV from 1102 and was Count of Champagne and of Brie as Theobald II from 1125....
, count of Blois
Count of Blois

The County of Blois was originally centred on Blois, south of Paris, France. One of the chief cities, along with Blois itself, was Chartres. Blois was associated with Champagne, France, Ch?tillon , and later with the List of French monarchs, to whom the county passed in 1391....
 and count of Champagne
Count of Champagne

The Counts of Champagne ruled the region of Champagne from 950 to 1316. Champagne evolved from the county of Troyes in the late eleventh century and Hugh I of Champagne was the first to officially use the title "Count of Champagne"....
, and Matilda of Carinthia. Pope Alexander III
Pope Alexander III

Pope Alexander III , born Rolando of Siena, was Pope from 1159 to 1181....
 created him Cardinal Priest of Santa Sabina in March 1179; as such, he signed the papal bulls between April 8, 1179 and December 23, 1201. He died on 7 Sep 1202.

He anointed his nephew, Philip Augustus, as co-king on 1 November 1179 in Rheims.

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