Walter II (bishop of Autun)

Walter II (French: Gautier or Gauthier) was the bishop of Autun from 1189 until 1223.^[1][2]

Walter's family background is unknown. He was a member of the regular clergy prior to his election as bishop in 1189.^[3][4] In 1202, he joined the Fourth Crusade in a ceremony alongside some knights from the Auvergne.^[5] He did not travel with the main army, but sailed with his company directly to the Holy Land from Marseille, thus avoiding the sack of Constantinople.^[1][6][7] Count Guigues III of Forez travelled in the same flotilla. Both arrived in Acre in early 1203.^[8]

Walter returned to the Holy Land with the Fifth Crusade in 1217.^[1]

Walter was dead by 1224.^[2] He was buried in the Abbey of Saint-Symphorien, Autun.^[9]