Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu
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Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu (died 1378) was a French churchman and diplomat, who became chancellor of France and a Cardinal[1]. He came from an Auvergnat family with several prominent members in his period.
He was bishop of Lavaur 1357-1360 and then bishop of Thérouanne. He was the chief negotiator for Jean II of France with the English, in the aftermath of the battle of Poitiers.[2]
[edit] Family
He was the brother of Pierre Aycelin de Montaigut, also a Cardinal, and nephew of Gilles Aycelin the Elder.
[edit] Notes
- ^ From 1361[1] ; bishop of Frascati from 1368.
- ^ Jonathan Sumption, The Hundred Years War II (1999), p. 308.
