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Gregory XI did not long survive this removal, dying on 27 March 1378.

After his death the College of Cardinals was pressured by a Roman mob that broke into the voting chamber to force an Italian Pope into the papacy.

The Italian chosen was Urban VI.

Soon after being elected, Urban gained the Cardinals ' enmity.

With the encouragement of the French king, the cardinals returned to Avignon and in 1378 elected a French pope, the antipope Clement VII.