Parthenay Things to Do

Tomb of Guillaume VII l'Archeveque. They had me fooled here for a while because I did not know whether this man was in fact an archbishop or not - judging by his name ("l'Archeveque") one would say that he was. Still, someone identified as his spouse was buried opposite this grave. I managed to solve the riddle as follows: "Joscelin II de Parthenay, son fils, de 1058 à 1059, entré en religion il devient trésorier de l'abbaye Saint-Hilaire de Poitiers puis archevêque de Bordeaux. La famille prendra le surnom de L'Archevêque". So one family member was indeed a bishop at Bordeaux and his entire family subsequently adopted the title as part of their surname.