Walter II (French: GautierorGauthier) 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]
