William of Auvergne (French: Guillaume d'Auvergne) was a French nobleman and clergyman who was elected prince-bishop of Liège during a disputed election in 1281 but was forced to renounce the office the following year.
[1] His brothers were Count Robert V of Auvergne and Archbishop Guy of Vienne.
According to the Chronique liégeoise de 1402, the canons initially elected the provost of Saint Lambert's, Bouchard d'Avesnes [fr], to succeed the murdered bishop John of Enghien in 1281, but some were soon persuaded by Guy, Count of Flanders, to oppose Bouchard.
This was confirmed by Pope Martin IV, who issued a bull on 9 June 1282 stating that both rival candidates had renounced their rights.
[2][3] Margaret Alison Stones floats William as a possible candidate for the patron who commissioned the illuminated manuscript of the Chroniques de la Bible (now in The Hague, Royal Library of the Netherlands, 131 A 3).