Papal conclave November 1406
Dates and location
18–30 November 1406 Rome,Papal States
Key officials
Dean	Angelo Acciaioli
Camerlengo	Corrado Carracioli
Protodeacon	Landolfo Maramaldo
Elected pope
Angelo Correr Name taken:Gregory XII
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The1406 papal conclave (November 18–30), thepapal conclave of the time of theGreat Western Schism, convened after the death ofPope Innocent VII. It elected Cardinal Angelo Correr, who took the name ofGregory XII.

Pope Innocent VII died on November 6, 1406. At the time of his death, there were eighteencardinals in the Roman Obedience of theCollege of Cardinals. Fourteen of them participated in the election of his successor:^[1]

All the electors were Italians, except of Jean Gilles, who was French. Four of them were elevated byUrban VI, two byBoniface IX, and eight byInnocent VII.

Four cardinals, one created by Urban VI, one by Boniface IX and two by Innocent VII, did not participate in this conclave:^[1]

Fourteen cardinals present in Rome entered the conclave in Vatican^[3] on November 18, twelve days after the death of Innocent VII.

Initially, all the electors subscribed theconclave capitulation,^[3] in which each of them swore that, if elected, he would abdicate provided Antipope Benedict XIII did the same or should die; also, that he would not create new cardinals except to maintain parity of members with the Avignon cardinals; and that within three months he would enter into negotiations with his rival about a place of meeting.^[4]

Almost no further details about this conclave are known, except of its final result. On November 30 CardinalAngelo Correr, proposed by Cardinal Caetani, was unanimously^[5] elected Pope, in spite of his very advanced age (probably ca. 80). He accepted his election and took the name ofGregory XII. Although he claimed the legality of his pontificate, nine years later he abdicated in theCouncil of Constance, making it possible to restore the unity of theRoman Catholic Church.

• List of participants of the Papal conclave, 1406
• Vatican History: Konklave 1406 (in German)

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