Clement VII

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Clement VII was an antipope based in Avignon during the Western Schism, leading a rival papal line in opposition to the Roman pontiff.

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Label Occurrences
Clement VII canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf antipope
human
appointedCardinalBy Gregory XI
basedIn Avignon
birthDate 1342
birthName Robert of Geneva
birthPlace Château de Vaud, near Geneva
burialPlace Avignon Cathedral
cardinalateStart 1371
causeOfDeath probable stroke
deathDate 1394-09-16
deathPlace Avignon
electedAsAntipopeOn 1378-09-20
era Late Middle Ages
familyName of Geneva
givenName Robert
memberOf House of Geneva
nationality Savoyard
linked to: Savoyard Arpitan
notableEvent Election as antipope following the contested conclave of 1378
Relocation of papal court to Avignon during Western Schism
opposed Roman pontiff
opposedBy King Charles V of France's enemies
King Richard II of England
papacyEnd 1394-09-16
papacyStart 1378-09-20
papalName Clement VII
linked to: Pope Clement VII
partOf Western Schism
positionHeld Antipope of Avignon
Archbishop of Cambrai
linked to: Bishop of Cambrai

Bishop of Thérouanne
Cardinal
predecessor Gregory XI
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
rivalPope Boniface IX
linked to: Pope Boniface IX

Urban VI
linked to: Pope Urban VI
succeededBy Benedict XIII (Avignon line)
linked to: Pope Benedict XIII
supportedBy Castile
Crown of Aragon
Duchy of Savoy
King Charles III of Navarre
King Charles V of France
linked to: Charles V of France

King Charles VI of France
King Ferdinand I of Portugal
linked to: Peter I of Portugal

King James I of Cyprus
linked to: James I of Cyprus

King Louis I of Hungary (initially)
linked to: Louis I of Hungary

King Robert II of Scotland
King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia
Most of the Iberian Peninsula
Parts of the Holy Roman Empire
Scotland

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Schism firstAvignonPope Clement VII
Pope Urban VI contemporaryAntipope Clement VII