Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu

Not to be confused with Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu, died 1378.
Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu in 1315

Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu or Montaigut (1252[1] – 23 June 1318[2]), was a French Archbishop and diplomat who became Lord Chancellor of France.

Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu was Archbishop of Narbonne (1287–1311) and Archbishop of Rouen (1311–1318). He was one of the most influential counselors of King Philip IV of France.[3] He negotiated the Treaty of Tournai (1298) and Treaty of Montreuil (1299) with the English, and created the Collège de Montaigu in 1314.[4]

References

  1. ^ Aycelin, Abp Gilles (1898). Le testament de Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu ... (in French). U. Jouvet. p. 17. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. ^ Bouillet, Jean Baptiste (1846). Nobiliaire d'Auvergne (in French). Perol. p. 133. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  3. ^ Lalanne, Ludovic (1877). Dictionnaire historique de la France: contenant pour l'historie civile, politique et littéraire la biographie; la chronologie. Pour l'histoire militaire. Pour l'historique, les divisions territoriales et administratives de la Gaule et de la France (in French). Hachette. p. 1296. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. ^ Godet, Marcel (1912). La congrégation de Montaigu (1490-1580) (in French). H. Champion. p. 1. Retrieved 28 October 2024.


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