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PETER OF AIGUEBLANCHE (d. 1268)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 293 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PETER OF AIGUEBLANCHE (d. 1268)  , See also:bishop of See also:Hereford, belonged to a See also:noble See also:family of See also:Savoy and came to See also:England in 1236 with his See also:master, See also:William of Savoy, bishop of See also:Valence, being in attendance on Eleanor of See also:Provence, the See also:bride of See also:Henry III . A See also:year or two later he is found residing permanently in England as a member of the See also:king's See also:court; before 1239 he was See also:archdeacon of Salop, and in 1240 he was chosen bishop of Hereford . In 1255 See also:Peter acted as Henry's See also:principal See also:agent in the See also:matter of accepting the See also:kingdom of See also:Sicily from See also:Pope See also:Alexander IV. for his son See also:Edmund, and his rapacious and dishonest methods of raising See also:money for this foolish enterprise added not a little to the unpopularity which surrounded the king and his See also:foreign favourites . When See also:civil See also:war See also:broke out between Henry and his barons the bishop remained loyal to his master, and whilst residing, almost for the first See also:time, at Hereford he was taken prisoner in May 1263 . He was, however, released when the king and his enemies came to terms, and after a stay in See also:France he retired to Savoy, where he died on the 27th of See also:November 1268 . See F . Mugnier, See also:Les Savoyards en Angleterre au_ XIIP siecle et See also:Pierre d' Aigueblanche (See also:Chambery, 1890) .

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