Aymon de Briançon[1] (died 21 February 1211) was a Burgundian nobleman and Carthusian monk who served as the archbishop of Tarentaise[2] from around 1175 until his death.
[5] In 1173, Aymon was among the witnesses to the betrothal of Alaïs, daughter of Count Humbert III of Savoy, to John, son of King Henry II of England.
The dates of his election and consecration are uncertain, but were before 20 March 1176, when he received a papal bull from Alexander III confirming his diocese's rights and possessions.
[7] On 6 May 1186, the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa at Pavia issued a golden bull [fr] investing Aymon with the county of Tarentaise and specifying the places under his secular jurisdiction.
The author of the History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick included a short digression on the resolve of Aymon and Bishop Peter of Toul, both from the west of the empire: Moreover, I do not think that I should omit mention of the resolve of the Archbishop of Tarantaise, the Bishop of Toul and their companions, for as they, accompanied by a large number of knights from Burgundy and Lotharingia, followed somewhat later after the army of Christ, they were upset by various false rumours that our men had been hard hit by attacks from the Hungarians and that they were suffering from hunger and in dire straits.
Nevertheless the archbishop himself carried on undaunted towards the army, as did the Bishop of Toul, and after almost six weeks of rapid and steadfast travelling both saw with their own eyes that what they had been told was false.
[4] Acting against Count Otto of Poitou, the favoured candidate of Innocent III, Aymon and Archbishop Amadeus of Besançon crowned Duke Philip of Swabia as king of Germany and emperor elect in Mainz Cathedral in September 1198.
His last public act was to arbitrate, at the request of Margaret of Geneva, a dispute between the priories of Cléry and Gilly and the abbey of Tamié in 1210.