William, of Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury
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Name (Latin)
William, of Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury
Other forms of name
Guillaume, of Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury
Date of birth
1070
Date of death
1136-11-21
Occupation
Bishops
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- BNF via VIAF, Feb. 21, 2018(hdg.: Guillaume de Corbeil (1070?-1136); b. 1070?; d. 1136-11-21; archbishop of Canterbury; rejected forms: William of Corbeil (1070?-1136); Wilhelm von Corbeil (1070?-1136); Corbeil, William de (1070?-1136))
- Date de la composition des recueils de Miracula sancti Thomæ Cantuariensis dûs à Benoît de Peterborough et à Guillaume de Cantorbéry, not before 1920:p. 1 (Willelmus Cantuariensis monachus)
- NFL via VIAF, FEb. 21, 2018(hdg.:William, of Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury, ca. 1070-1136)
- William de Corbeil; Archbishop of Canterbury (1123-1136); architect of Rochester Castle Keep or Donjon; completed the construction of Canterbury Cathedral, which was dedicated in May 1130; born at Corbeil on the outskirts of Paris in 1070; died in Canterbury on 21 November 1136 ( (Norman Connections WWW site, Feb. 21, 2018) )
- Corbeil, William de (d. 1136), archbishop of Canterbury; probably born in Corbeil, a small town on the Seine a little way upstream from Paris, now absorbed in Évry Corbeil-Essonnes; born about 1070, in the reign of Philippe I of France; nothing is known about his parents or upbringing, but two brothers, Ranulf and Helgot, appear much later in his company ( (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, Feb. 21, 2018) )
- William de Corbeil or William of Corbeil (c. 1070-1136); medieval Archbishop of Canterbury; very little is known of William's early life or his family, except that he was born at Corbeil in the outskirts of Paris and that he had two brothers; educated as a theologian; taught briefly before serving the bishops of Durham and London as a clerk and subsequently becoming a canon, a priest who lived a communal life; elected to the see of Canterbury as a compromise candidate in 1123, the first canon to become an English archbishop; succeeded Ralph d'Escures, who had employed him as a chaplain ( (Wikipedia, Feb. 21, 2018) )
- Truax, Jean. Archbishops Ralph d'Escures, William of Corbeil ... c2012:ECIP ch. 9 (Archbishop William of Corbeil)