Conrad von Urach
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Born c1180, died 1227 c1195 Canon of the Catherdal Church of St Lambert, Liège 1199 entered Cistercian Order at Villers, under his uncle Charles de Seyne, the Abbot. 1200 Prior of Villers 1201-2 Established the Abbey of la Cambre in Brussels, under the sponsorship of Duke Henry I of Brabant 1209 Abbot of Villers, on the death of his uncle 1214 Abbot of Clairvaux 1217 Abbot of Citeaux and General of the Cistercian Order 8.1.1219 Appointed Cardinal-Bishop of the Roman See of Porto 1220 Granted the University of Montpellier its Statutes 1220-1223 Papal Legate to the Albigensian Crusade, where he promoted the Dominican Order and the Inquisition 1223-1226 Papal Legate to Germany, promoting the Sixth Crusade 1227 Member of a commission of 3 Cardinals selecting the next Pope: he refused the nomination himself out of fear he would be seen to have taken the See by force, it instead went to another member of the commission.
