William II d'Auxonne

William II d'Auxonne was a French prelate born at Avesnes. A canon of Paris, he was made bishop of Cambrai in 1336, taking over a border city that both Edward III and Philip VI wanted once the Hundred Years' War began. He sided with France.

Edward's siege failed in 1339, but his army devastated the Cambrésis on its retreat and left a garrison whose raids drove the citizens to appeal to the Duke of Normandy. William secured papal intervention, and in January 1339 Pope Benedict XII annulled the proceedings Edward had begun against him.

Leaving the ravaged Cambrésis, William moved to the see of Autun in August 1342. He helped found the Collège de Cambrai in Paris with two other prelates, and died at Autun on 30 March 1344 or 1345.