Editing Pope Clement V (section)

==Election==
{{Main|1304–1305 papal conclave}}

Following the death of [[Pope Benedict XI]] in July 1304, there was an [[interregnum]] occasioned by disputes between the French and Italian [[cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinals]]. They were equally balanced in the [[papal conclave]], which was held at [[Perugia]]. Bertrand was elected Pope Clement V in June 1305 and crowned on 14 November. Bertrand was neither Italian nor a cardinal, and his election might have been considered a gesture towards neutrality.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} The contemporary chronicler [[Giovanni Villani]] reports gossip that he had bound himself to King [[Philip IV of France]] by a formal agreement before his elevation, made at [[Saint-Jean-d'Angély]] in Saintonge. Whether this was true or not, it is likely that the future pope had conditions laid down for him by the conclave of cardinals.

Two weeks later at [[Vienne, Isère|Vienne]], Bertrand was informally notified of his election and returned to Bordeaux.{{sfn|Menache|2002|p=15}} At Bordeaux he was formally recognized as pope, with John of Havering offering him gifts from Edward I of England.{{sfn|Menache|2002|p=16}} Bertrand initially selected Vienne as the site for his [[papal coronation|coronation]], but after Philip IV's objections selected [[Lyon]].{{sfn|Menache|2002|p=16}} On 14 November 1305, Bertrand was installed as pope which was celebrated with magnificence and attended by Philip IV.{{sfn|Menache|2002|p=16–17}} Among his first acts was the creation of nine French cardinals.{{sfn|Bombi|2019|p=134}}

Duke [[John II of Brittany]] led Clement's horse through the crowd during the coronation celebrations. So many spectators had piled atop the walls that one of the walls crumbled and collapsed on top of the duke, who died four days later.{{sfn|Menache|2002|p=17}}