Robert of Auvergne
Twice imprisoned (1199, 1207) and accused of murder and rapine, his disputes with family and vassals drew intervention from both king and pope.
After his election as archbishop, he was imprisoned a third time for interfering with the marriage politics of the count of Champagne, but was soon liberated by his friends.
He was a younger son of Count Robert IV of Auvergne and Matilda, daughter of Duke Odo II of Burgundy.
When Innocent learned of his imprisonment, he authorized the archbishop of Bourges, Henry de Sully, to absolve Guy on condition of penance for his own excesses.
[13] In 1202, Guy committed the city of Clermont to the bishop's keeping until he had made peace with King Philip.
At this, King Philip II intervened to force Pons' wife to turn the castle over to Robert.
[17] In 1211, according to the Chronicle of Bernard Ithier, a new dispute arose between Robert and Guy, during which the count destroyed the monastery of Saint-Pierre de Mozac.
[13] In 1215, Robert again joined the Albigensian Crusade, this time accompanied by Géraud de Cros, archbishop of Bourges.
[6] In 1217, as he was preparing to depart on the Fifth Crusade, Duke Odo III of Burgundy placed his six-year-old son and heir, the future Hugh IV, under the guardianship of Robert and William of Joinville.
[19] In 1227, Robert was elected to succeed Renaud de Forez (died 23 October 1226) as archbishop of Lyon in the Holy Roman Empire after a vacancy of several months.
This marriage alliance violated an agreement Alice had made with Count Theobald IV of Champagne.
Yolanda's uncle and Robert's personal friend, Count Henry II of Bar, liberated the imprisoned bishop.
[1] There was a divided election following his death and the pope had to intervene to appoint an archbishop, Raoul de La Roche-Aymon, in 1235.
[29] Peire de Maensac, which is the sirventes and the only one longer than a single stanza, criticises Dalfi for anti-social behaviour and also criticises Dalfi's joglar, the Peire de Maensac of the opening line, for not acting like a knight.
[29] The compiler of the chansonnier has supplied razos (explanations) for the lyrics, but these are certainly not based on an actual understanding of the reality that lies behind the text.
He says that Robert loved the wife of Sir Chantart de Caulec from Pescadoires, based on his reading of Dalfi's poem.
The bishop's poem, with strong sexual undertones, chides Dalfi for not supplying his lover with all the bacon she asked for.
Per Crist, sil servens fos meus, Dun cotel li dari al cor, Can fez del bacon partida A lei que lil queri tan gen.
For Christ's sake, if the servant were mine I'd give him a knife to the heart For he gave only a part of the bacon To her who asked him for it so graciously.
