Antipope Clement VII

Antipope Clement VII
Count of Geneva
Interview between the duke of Anjou and pope Clement VII (seated) at Avignon, from Froissart's Chronicles.[1]
Elected	20 September 1378
Papacy began	20 September 1378?
Papacy ended	16 September 1394
Predecessor	Roman claimant: Urban VI Boniface IX Antipapal claimant: Nicholas V
Successor	Roman claimant: Boniface IX Antipapal (Avignonian) claimant: Benedict XIII
Opposed to	Roman claimants: Urban VI Boniface IX
Other post(s)	Archdeacon of Dorset Archbishop of Cambrai Bishop of Thérouanne
Orders
Created cardinal	30 May 1371
Personal details
Born	Robert of Geneva 1342 (1342) Chateau d'Annecy, County of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire
Died	16 September 1394 (1394-09-17) (aged 52) Avignon, Papal States
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Other popes and antipopes named Clement

Robert of Geneva (French: Robert de Genève; 1342 – 16 September 1394) was elected to the papacy as Clement VII (French: Clément VII) by the cardinals who opposed Pope Urban VI and was the first antipope residing in Avignon, France. His election led to the Western Schism.

The son of Amadeus III, Count of Geneva, Robert became Archbishop of Cambrai and was made a cardinal in 1371. As legate, during the War of the Eight Saints, he is said to have authorized the massacre of over 2,000 civilians at Cesena in 1377. He was elected pope the following year by the cardinals who opposed Urban VI and established himself at Avignon.