Clement VII (Avignon antipope)

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Clement VII (Avignon antipope) was a 14th-century French cardinal who became the first major Avignon claimant to the papacy during the Western Schism, opposing the Roman popes and deepening the split within the Catholic Church.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Antipope of Avignon 1
Clement VII (Avignon antipope) canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cardinal ⓘ
French noble ⓘ
antipope ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
birthName Robert of Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Avignon Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
cardinalateStart 1371 ⓘ
causeOf deepening of the Western Schism ⓘ
conflict Western Schism NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdCardinalBy Pope Gregory XI NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1342 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1394-09-16 ⓘ
electedBy French cardinals ⓘ
electionDate 1378-09-20 ⓘ
endTime 1394-09-16 ⓘ
familyName of Geneva ⓘ
father Amadeus III, Count of Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent massacre at Cesena in 1377 ⓘ
opposedBy Boniface IX NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
Urban VI NERFINISHED ⓘ
papacyLocation Avignon NERFINISHED ⓘ
papalName Clement VII NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Western Schism NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Avignon NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Cambrai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Avignon antipope NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bishop of Thérouanne ⓘ
Cardinal ⓘ
predecessor none (first major Avignon claimant in Western Schism) ⓘ
reignEnd 1394 ⓘ
reignStart 1378 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
residence Palace of the Popes, Avignon NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInEvent papal legate commanding troops at Cesena ⓘ
startTime 1378-09-20 ⓘ
successor Benedict XIII (Avignon antipope) NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy Crown of Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duchy of Savoy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Pope Benedict XIII → predecessor → Clement VII (Avignon antipope) ⓘ
Clement VII → positionHeld → Clement VII (Avignon antipope) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antipope of Avignon