Guillaume de Joinville

Guillaume de Joinville († November 6, 1226 ) was an archbishop of Reims since 1219.

Guillaume was born into the family of the lords of Joinville from the Champagne region. He was a younger son of the Lord Gottfried IV († 1190 ). His nephew Jean de Joinville († 1317 ) was the biographer of King Louis IX. of the saint.

1191 Guillaume was Archdeacon of Châlons -en -Champagne, 1210, he was elected bishop of Langres and became a peer of France. In 1212 he was the candidate of King Philip II of France to the See of Metz, but was defeated in the election Konrad III. von Scharfenberg. In 1219 he was elected archbishop of Reims. Crowned on August 6, 1223 and he anointed King Louis VIII and Queen Blanche.

Guillaume died on November 6, 1226, four months before King Louis VIII As at the coronation of Louis IX. November 29, 1226 See of Rheims was still vacant, the consecration of the bishop of Soissons had to be made.