He was of the House of Châtillon, a son of Manasses, the vidame of Rheims.
Together, they opposed Archbishop Manasses de Gournay,[1] who was later suspended from office when he failed to appear at a synod in Lyon convened in 1079 by papal legate Hugh of Die.
He was elected bishop in 1096 following the death of Renaud du Bellay.
He died among the canons of Saint-Denis of Rheims and left behind many letters by which we learn much of his episcopate and the concurrent crusading movement in northern France.
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