Arnulf (archbishop of Reims)

Arnulf (also Arnulph or Arnoul) was the

illegitimate son of King Lothair of France. He became archbishop of Reims

Arnulf belonged to the

Rheims and Laon. In 990, Arnulf refused to attend a synod at Senlis

and he and Charles were imprisoned on 29 March.

In June 991 Archbishop Seguin of Sens presided over a Council of Reims in the Basilica of Saint Basle, which deposed Arnulf for alleged high treason, in favour of Gerbert. This deposition was much opposed, however. Pope John XV sent Leo, abbot of Saints Boniface and Alexius at Rome, as legate to preside over a synod at Mouzon on 2 June 995. Gerbert was suspended from the episcopum. A second synod, held on 1 July, declared the whole process of deposition and elevation to be illegal and invalid. Thus, Arnulf was reinstated.

Arnulf crowned

Hugh Magnus, the son of Hugh Capet's successor, Robert II, as co-king in the Capetian

tradition in 1017. At this time, any resistance to the new dynasty had died in him. He held the see until his death in 1021, then the only direct male line descendant of the Carolingian family in the eldest living branch.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Adalberon	Archbishop of Reims 988–991	Succeeded by Gerbert of Aurillac
Preceded by Gerbert of Aurillac	Archbishop of Reims 996–1021	Succeeded by Ebles I of Roucy