Career
Hirson was employed by Philip IV of France on several occasions. He became a canon of Arras in 1299. Chancellor of Mahaut, Countess of Artois in 1303.
Provost of Aire-sur-la-Lys in 1309. And was appointed Bishop of Arras in April 1328. He died 23 August 1328.
Denis d'Hirson, treasurer to the Countess of Artois, then lord of Arras
Guillaume d'Hirson, bailiff of Arras
Pierre d'Hirson, attendant to the Countess of Artois
The dispute between Robert and Mahaut plays an important part in Maurice Druon's series of French historical novels, Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings). Hirson was played by Yvon Sarray in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series.
