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 5

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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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