Gaillard II de Durfort

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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.

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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:

Durfort married secondly Jeanne de Lomagne, it is not known whether they had any issue.

Citations

  1. ↑ 1353 seal of Gaillard II de Durfort
  2. 1 2 de Combles 1785, p. 156.

References

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