Gilles II. Aycelin de Montaigut
Gilles II Aycelin de Montaigut († December 5, 1378 in Avignon ) was a French diplomat and cardinal ; he was commonly called Cardinal von Thérouanne .
Life
Gilles II Aycelin was the great-nephew of Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigut and, like this doctor of canon law . On March 2, 1356 he became bishop of Thérouanne , in the consistory of September 17, 1361 cardinal priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and in 1368, after accompanying Pope Urban V in Italy, cardinal bishop of Frascati .
In the political controversy that followed the lost battle of Maupertuis (September 19, 1356), the Estates General of 1357 and the Reform Ordinance of March 3, 1357, he was one of those charged with dismissing and punishing the unfaithful royal officers.
In the same year he became Chancellor of France , first in London (where King John II was imprisoned), from 1361 in Paris . In 1360 he took part in the negotiations in Brétigny , then (1364) in the Franco- Navarre activities regarding the succession in Burgundy .
Pope Gregory XI. commissioned him as a mediator in the dispute between Peter IV of Aragon and Duke Ludwig I of Anjou over the kingdom of Mallorca .
He was present at the conclaves of 1362 (election of Urban V ) and 1370 ( Gregory XI. ). At the conclave of April 1378 (election of Urban VI. ) And in September 1378, the Clement VII. The anti-pope elected, he did not attend because he was in Avignon.
literature
- Anselme de Sainte-Marie: Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France… Volume 6. La compagnie des libraires, Paris 1726–1733, p. 331 f., Digitized
Web links
- Aycelin de Montaigu, Gilles. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 3, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Raymond Saquet |
Bishop of Thérouanne 1356-1361 |
Robert of Geneva |
| Nicola III. Capocci |
Cardinal Bishop of Frascati 1368-1378 |
Jean VII de la Grange |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aycelin de Montaigut, Gilles II. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cardinal of Thérouanne; Aycelin de Montaigu, Gilles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French diplomat and cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1378 |
| Place of death | Avignon |