Willem II Berthout of Mechelen (died near
De Meern
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, 4 July 1301), also Guilhelmus or Wilhelmus, served as
Bishop of Utrecht
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from 1296 until his death in battle in 1301.
He succeeded
Jan II van Sierck. Willem was a leader of the
Berthout family, which ruled over the
Heerlijkheid of Mechelen.
William was appointed without intervention from the
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by
pope Boniface VIII
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because of his anti-French and pro-English attitude. He tried in vain to get back his lost lordships of
Amstelland
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and
Woerden
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until the death of count
Floris V of Holland. When he returned from a trip to Rome he found so much opposition to him in
the Sticht that he sought refuge in
Amersfoort
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. In 1300 Boniface VIII suspended him as bishop since he had not paid back debts owed to the papal treasury, but when he paid these debts the suspension was lifted and he remained bishop until his death in battle against a coalition of the Dutch and his own rebellious subjects. His intended successor as bishop,
Adolf II of Waldeck
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, was passed over in favour of
Guy of Avesnes
Guy van Avennes (also spelt as Guy van Avesnes; Dutch Gwijde van Avesnes) (c. 1253 – 23 May 1317, Utrecht) was Bishop of Utrecht from 1301 to 1317.
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References
Year of birth missing
1301 deaths
Prince-bishops of Utrecht
13th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire
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