Gervais de Château-du-Loir (1007–1067) was a French nobleman, bishop, and a powerful figure of his time in Northern France. He was Bishop of Le Mans from 1036, and Archbishop of Reims

Archbishop of Reims

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 from 1055.

A strong supporter of the family of Blois

Blois

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, and opposed to the Angevins, at one point he had to seek refuge at the court of William, Duke of Normandy.

As Archbishop, he crowned Philip I of France

Philip I of France

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 in 1059. Philip's father Henry I of France

Henry I of France

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 was then alive, but died in 1060. Gervais was then regent, with Baldwin V, Count of Flanders

Baldwin V, Count of Flanders

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, until 1066.

Family

His father was Hamon de Château-du-Loir., his mother Hildeburge de Bellême, daughter of Yves I de Bellême. He was also called Gervais de Bellême.