Gaillard II de Durfort
Arms of Gaillard II de Durfort: Argent, a bend azure, impaling Gules a lion rampant argent.[1]
Gaillard II de Durfort (died 1422), Lord of Duras, Blanquefort, and Villandraut, and Seneschal of Gascony, was a 13th-14th century Gascon nobleman of the Durfort family.
Life[]
Durfort was the eldest son of Gaillard I de Durfort (died 1356) and Marguerite de Caumont.[2] Gaillard was taken prisoner with Thomas Felton, the Seneschal of Gascony during a skirmish in 1377, near Eymet. Durfort was himself appointed Seneschal of Gascony and served between 1399 and 1415. Durfort died in 1422.
Marriage and issue[]
Gaillard married Eléonore,[2] daughter of Roger Bernard, Count of Périgord and Eléonore de Vendome and is known to have had the following issue:
- Gaillard III de Durfort, married Juliette de La Lande, had issue.
Durfort married secondly Jeanne de Lomagne, it is not known whether they had any issue.
Citations[]
- ^ 1353 seal of Gaillard II de Durfort
- ^ a b de Combles 1785, p. 156.
References[]
- de Combles, Waroquier. (1785). State of France, or the true marquises, counts, viscounts and barons. Clousier.
Categories:
- 1422 deaths
- Gascons
- Seneschals of Gascony