Regnault de Chartres
Regnault de Chartres | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal, Archbishop of Rheims | |
| Other posts | 1414 Archbishop of Rheims 1436 Bishop of Agde (apostolic administrator) 1439 Bishop of Orléans (in commendam) |
| Orders | |
| Created cardinal | 18 December 1439 by Pope Eugene IV |
| Rank | Cardinal priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1380 |
| Died | 4 April 1444 |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Chancellor of France | |
| In office 1424; 1428-1444 | |
| Monarch | Charles VII |
| Preceded by | Martin Gouges |
| Succeeded by | Guillaume Jouvenel des Ursins |
Regnault de Chartres (c. 1380 in Ons-en-Bray - 4 April 1444 in Tours) was a French cardinal, archbishop of Rheims, peer of France (as Archbishop-Duke of Rheims) and chancellor of France during the reign of King Charles VII of France. In 1429 during the Hundred Years' War he anointed and crowned the dauphin Charles king of France in Rheims, thus upholding the Valois dynasty's claim to the French throne against the English claim of King Henry VI of England.