{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | death_date = 1363 | module = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office2 = Bishop of Meaux | term_start2 = 1334 | term_end2 = 1351 | predecessor2 = Durandus of Saint-Pourçain | successor2 = Philippe de Vitry | office3 = Bishop of Noyon | term_start3 = 1351 | term_end3 = 1352 | predecessor3 = Philippe D'Arbois | successor3 = Gilles de Lorris | office4 = Bishop of Paris | term_start4 = 1352 | term_end4 = 1363 | predecessor4 = Pierre de la Forest | successor4 = Etienne de Poissy }} | birth_date = {{circa|1283}} | parents = Galéran de Meulan <br> Johanna de Bouville | image = DA 6798 - Jean de Meulan mod NB.png | caption = Jean's sigil }}'''Jean de Meulan''' ({{Circa|1283}}–1363) was Bishop of Meaux from 1335 to 1351, Bishop of Noyon from 1351 to 1352, and Bishop of Paris from 1352 until his death.
== Life == De Meulan was born roughly in 1283 in Saint-Quentin,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Jaunay |first=Louis Auteur du texte |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64546018 |title=Histoire des évêques et archevêques de Paris / par Louis Jaunay,... |date=1884 |pages=223–226 |language=EN}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Richard |first=Charles-Louis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIxIAAAAMAAJ&q=%C3%A9v%C3%AAque+Michel+Paris+Besan%C3%A7on+%22Hugues+II%22 |title=Bibliothèque sacrée, ou Dictionnaire universel historique, dogmatique, canonique, géographique et chronologique des sciences ecclésiastiques ... |date=1827 |publisher=Méquignion fils ainé |pages=34 |language=fr}}</ref> the son of Galéran de Meulan, lord of Neubourg and Johanna de Bouville, lady of Milly.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Sainte-Marthe |first=Scévole de |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ehs2AQAAMAAJ |title=Gallia christiana VII |date=1744 |publisher=ex Typographia regia |pages=135–136 |language=la}}</ref>
He was archdeacon of Brie and treasurer of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> before being elected bishop of Meaux in 1335.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Sainte-Marthe |first=Denis de |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8yZlAAAAcAAJ |title=Gallia Christiana VIII |date=1744 |publisher=Coignard |pages=1635–1636 |language=la}}</ref> In 1340, he participated in the Battle of Saint-Omer.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /> Being the heir of his brother, Guillaume de Meulan, he inherited from him the lordship of Neubourg.<ref name=":1" /> However, he also entered into dispute at the senate of Paris with his widow, Isabelle de Trie in 1343 and 1344.<ref name=":4" />
In 1351, Jean was transferred to Noyon, becoming its bishop.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Gams |first=Pius Bonifacius |url=http://archive.org/details/seriesepiscoporu00gamsuoft |title=Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae |date=1857 |publisher=Graz Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt |others=Internet Archive |pages=576, 590 and 597}}</ref>
In 1352 he became bishop of Paris.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /> In 1362, he donated the lordship of Neubourg to his nephew, Jean de la Ferté.<ref name=":1" /> In 1363, he entered into a dispute with the prefect of Paris on the rights of the bishop.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />
Jean died on November 22, 1363 from the plague.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />
== References == {{Reflist}}{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | title = Bishop of Meaux | years = 1334 - 1351 | before = Durandus of Saint-Pourçain | after = Philippe de Vitry }} {{succession box | title = Bishop of Noyon | years = 1351 - 1352 | before = Philippe D'Arbois | after = Gilles de Lorris }} {{succession box | title = Bishop of Paris | years = 1352 - 1363 | before = Pierre de la Forest | after = Etienne de Poissy }} {{s-end}} Category:1283 deaths Category:1363 deaths Category:Bishops of Paris Category:Bishops of Noyon Category:Bishops of Meaux Category:14th-century deaths from plague (disease)