ended consecrated_by appointed predecessor successor consecration death_date death_place other_post buried article_title parents birth_date province ordination diocese name archbishop_of
12 december 1212 bartholomew , the archbishop of tours august 1189 roger de pont l'Évêque walter de gray 18 august 1191 12 december 1212 normandy bishop of lincoln-elect archdeacon of lincoln notre france dame du parc , rouen , seine-maritime , geoffrey -lrb- archbishop of york -rrb-
 henry ii of england perhaps ykenai about 1152 york 23 september 1189 diocese of york geoffrey archbishop of york
geoffrey -lrb- archbishop of york -rrb-

geoffrey -lrb- c. 1152 -- 12 december 1212 -rrb- , sometimes called geoffrey plantagenet , fitzplantagenet , or fitzroy , was an illegitimate son of henry ii , king of england , who became bishop-elect of lincoln and archbishop of york .
the identity of his mother is uncertain , but she may have been named ykenai .
geoffrey held several minor clerical offices before becoming bishop of lincoln in 1173 , though he was not ordained as a priest until 1189 .
in 1173 -- 1174 , he led a campaign in northern england to help put down a rebellion by his legitimate half-brothers ; this campaign led to the capture of the william , king of scots .
by 1182 , pope lucius iii had ordered that geoffrey either resign lincoln or be consecrated as bishop ; he chose to resign and became chancellor instead .
he was the only one of henry ii 's sons present at the king 's death .
geoffrey 's half-brother richard i nominated him archbishop of york after succeeding to the throne of england , probably to force him to become a priest and thus eliminate a potential rival for the throne .
after some dispute geoffrey was consecrated archbishop in 1191 .
he soon became embroiled in a conflict with william longchamp , richard 's regent in england , after being detained at dover on his return to england following his consecration in france .
geoffrey claimed sanctuary in the town , but he was seized by agents of longchamp and briefly imprisoned in dover castle .
subsequently a council of magnates ordered longchamp out of office , and geoffrey was able to proceed to his archdiocese .
the archbishop spent much of his archiepiscopate in various disputes with his half-brothers : first richard and then john , who succeeded to the english throne in 1199 .
geoffrey also quarrelled with his suffragan bishops , his cathedral chapter , and other clergy in his diocese .
his last quarrel with john was in 1207 , when the archbishop refused to allow the collection of a tax and was driven into exile in france .
he died there five years later .
