Henri de Dreux

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

Representation of Henri de Dreux on a stained glass window of the Notre-Dame de 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

Notes

  1. Henri de Braine, Henri de Braisne, Henry of Dreux.
  2. , 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.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Guillaume de Joinville
Archbishop of Reims
1227–1240
Succeeded by
Yves of Saint-Martin
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