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.

All labels observed (1)

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 Arpitan ⓘ
surface form: Savoyard
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 Pope Clement VII ⓘ
surface form: Clement VII
partOf Western Schism ⓘ
positionHeld Clement VII (Avignon antipope) ⓘ
surface form: Antipope of Avignon

Bishop of Cambrai ⓘ
surface form: Archbishop of Cambrai

Bishop of Thérouanne ⓘ
Cardinal ⓘ
predecessor Gregory XI ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
rivalPope Pope Boniface IX ⓘ
surface form: Boniface IX

Pope Urban VI ⓘ
surface form: Urban VI
succeededBy Pope Benedict XIII ⓘ
surface form: Benedict XIII (Avignon line)
supportedBy Castile ⓘ
Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Duchy of Savoy ⓘ
Charles III of Navarre ⓘ
surface form: King Charles III of Navarre

Charles V of France ⓘ
surface form: King Charles V of France

Charles VI of France ⓘ
surface form: King Charles VI of France

Peter I of Portugal ⓘ
surface form: King Ferdinand I of Portugal

James I of Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: King James I of Cyprus

Louis I of Hungary ⓘ
surface form: King Louis I of Hungary (initially)

Robert II of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: King Robert II of Scotland

Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia ⓘ
surface form: King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia

Most of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Parts of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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 ⓘ