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

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

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Western Schism firstAvignonPope Clement VII
Pope Urban VI contemporaryAntipope Clement VII