Walter II ( French: Gautier or Gauthier) was the bishop of Autun from 1189 until 1223. [1] [2]
Walter's family background is unknown. He was a member of the regular clergy prior to his election as bishop in 1189. [3] [4] In 1202, he joined the Fourth Crusade in a ceremony alongside some knights from the Auvergne. [5] He did not travel with the main army, but sailed with his company directly to the Holy Land from Marseille, thus avoiding the sack of Constantinople. [1] [6] [7] Count Guigues III of Forez travelled in the same flotilla. Both arrived in Acre in early 1203. [8]
Walter returned to the Holy Land with the Fifth Crusade in 1217. [1]
Walter was dead by 1224. [2] He was buried in the Abbey of Saint-Symphorien, Autun. [9]
Walter II ( French: Gautier or Gauthier) was the bishop of Autun from 1189 until 1223. [1] [2]
Walter's family background is unknown. He was a member of the regular clergy prior to his election as bishop in 1189. [3] [4] In 1202, he joined the Fourth Crusade in a ceremony alongside some knights from the Auvergne. [5] He did not travel with the main army, but sailed with his company directly to the Holy Land from Marseille, thus avoiding the sack of Constantinople. [1] [6] [7] Count Guigues III of Forez travelled in the same flotilla. Both arrived in Acre in early 1203. [8]
Walter returned to the Holy Land with the Fifth Crusade in 1217. [1]
Walter was dead by 1224. [2] He was buried in the Abbey of Saint-Symphorien, Autun. [9]