Gaillard III de Durfort

Gaillard's coat of arms[1]

Gaillard III de Durfort[a] (Occitan: Galhart, Latin: Galhardus de Durefort; fl. 1414–1442[4]) was a Gascon nobleman of the Durfort family. He inherited the lordship of Duras and Blanquefort from his father, Gaillard II, in 1422.[5] In the Hundred Years' War between England and France, Gaillard took the side of the English king, who was the feudal suzerain of Gascony.[2]

In 1423, King Henry VI of England appointed Gaillard prévôt of Bayonne,[5][2] a charge he handed over to Guillaume Stone at the king's request in 1439.[6] In 1434, he served as seneschal of the Landes for the English. In 1436, he signed a contract to fight as an ally (allié) of John I, Count of Foix, and his son, Gaston IV, themselves major supporters of Henry VI.[2]

Gaillard married Indie de La Lande[b] and had one son, Gaillard IV, who spent his childhood in London.[7]

Gaillard III is last mentioned in a document of 1442 and he was dead by 1444.[4]

Notes

1. Lewis and Vale combines him with his son, Gaillard IV, and thus numbers his father Gaillard III.[2][3]
2. Her first name is also given as Indix or Judith.[7] Her surname may be spelled de la Lande or de Lalande.

References

1. Léon Jéquier (1982), "Les armoiries de la maison de Durfort au Moyen Âge", Archivum heraldicum 96 (1–2): 7–12.
2. P. L. Lewis (1964), "Decayed and Non-Feudalism in Later Medieval France", Historical Research 37 (96): 157–84. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.1964.tb02050.x
3. Malcolm Graham Allan Vale (1970), English Gascony, 1399–1453: A Study of War, Government and Politics During the Later Stages of the Hundred Years' War (Oxford University Press), pp. 98, 175, 221, 247.
4. Nicole de Peña (1977), Documents sur la maison de Durfort: XI^e–XV^e siècle, Part 2 (Fédération historique du Sud-Ouest), p. 1091.
5. Peña (1977), p. 889.
6. Jules Lépicier, ed. (1880), Archives historiques du département de la Gironde, Vol. 20 (Bordeaux), p. 95.
7. Yves Durand (1975), La Maison de Durfort à l'époque moderne (Lussaud), p. 28.