Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu
French religious leader and diplomat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu, died 1318.
Gilles II Aycelin de Montaigu or Montaigut, Montagu, was a French religious and diplomat who became Lord Chancellor of France, Cardinal from 1361 and bishop of Frascati from 1368.[1] He was the chief negotiator for Jean II of France with the English, in the aftermath of the battle of Poitiers.[2] Towards the end of his life he lived in Avignon on a livery from Cambrai. He died in there on 5 December 1378.
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