Simon of Vermandois
Simon of Vermandois (1093–1148) was a French nobleman and bishop.
He was a son of Hugh I of Vermandois. Elected bishop of Noyon in 1123, he was excommunicated in 1142 by Pope Innocent II, for divorcing his brother Raoul I, Count of Vermandois from Eléonore of Blois. He subsequently went on the Second Crusade with Louis VII of France, dying on the return journey in Seleucia.[1][2]
He was buried at , which he had founded in 1129, inviting monks from Clairvaux Abbey under .[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Cawley, Charles, NORTHERN FRANCE, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,[self-published source][better source needed]
- ^ "SOCIETE HISTORIQUE REGIONALE DE VILLERS-COTTERETS: Comte de Vermandois Raoul IV de Crépy Péronelle d'Aquitaine soeur de la Reine Aliénor" (PDF) (in French). 1972. p. 104 (PDF p. 23)..
- ^ William W. Kibler, Grover A. Zinn, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia (1995), p. 686.
- ^ Structurae. "Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption (Chiry-Ourscamp) | Structurae". Fr.structurae.de. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
Categories:
- 1093 births
- 1148 deaths
- People excommunicated by the Catholic Church
- Bishops of Noyon
- Christians of the Second Crusade