Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont with the complicated business of Tetradia, the widow of one Desiderius, and her dealings with Count Eulalius. Pope Urban II came to Clermont in mid-November 1095 to preside at the Council which launched the First Crusade; Pope Paschal II visited the city in 1106; Callistus II on 19 May 1119; Innocent II from mid-November to early-December 1130, where he held a synod; Pope Alexander III from 13 to 19 August 1162, and again from 25 May to 25 June 1165; and, in 1166, Thomas Becket. It was also at Clermont that, in 1262, in presence of St. Louis, the marriage
Simon II of Clermont-Nesle the famous Robert VIII Bertrand , a Marshal of France. His brothers were famous French generals, Raoul of Clermont, Viscount of Châteaudun and Seigneur of Nesle, Constable and Grand Chamberlain of France, and Guy I of Clermont, Marshal of France, Seigneur of Offemont and Ailly, both killed 1302 in the Battle of the Golden Spurs. Simon II of Clermont-Nesle Simon II of Clermont-Nesle (born after 1250 – died 22 December 1312 or c. February 1313), Peer of France and bishop of Noyon (1297–1301) and Bishop-count of Beauvais (1301–c. 1312). Simon was one of few bishops that supported King Philip IV