Henri de Dreux

French Roman Catholic archbishop (1193–1240)
Representation of Henri de Dreux on a stained glass window of the Notre-Dame de Reims cathedral.

Henri de Dreux[1] (1193–1240) was Archbishop of Reims from 1227 to 1240. He is commemorated by a window in Reims Cathedral.

He was an active builder, but his local taxation provoked a revolt in 1233.[2]

He was a son of Robert II of Dreux[3] and Yolande de Coucy.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Henri de Dreux
16. Philip I of France
8. Louis VI of France
17. Bertha of Holland
4. Robert I of Dreux
18. Humbert II, Count of Savoy
9. Adelaide of Maurienne
19. Gisela of Burgundy
2. Robert II of Dreux
20. Andre de Baudément
10. Guy de Baudement
21. Agnes
5. Agnes de Baudemont, Countess of Braine
11. Alix, Dame de Braine
1. Henri de Dreux
24. Thomas de Coucy, Count of Amiens
12. Enguerrand II, Seigneur de Coucy
25. Mélisende de Crècy
6. Raoul I, Seigneur de Coucy
26. Raoul I, Seigneur de Baugency
13. Agnes de Baugency
27. Matilda of Vermandois
3. Yolanda de Coucy
28. Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut
14. Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
29. Yolande de Wassenberg
7. Agnes of Hainaut
30. Godfrey I, Margrave of Namur
15. Alice of Namur
31. Ermesinda of Luxembourg

Notes

  1. ^ Henri de Braine, Henri de Braisne, Henry of Dreux.
  2. ^ [1], French language.
  3. ^ A History of the Crusades, Vol. 2, ed. Kenneth M. Setton, Robert Lee Wolff and Harry W. Hazard, (University of Wisconsin Press, 1969), 836.

External links

  • (in French) Stained glass window of Henri in his cathedral
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Guillaume de Joinville
 Archbishop of Reims
1227–1240 		Succeeded by
Yves of Saint-Martin