Gaillard IV de Durfort, seigneur de Duras

Gaillard" the proscribed "Durfort ( 1377 - 1481 ), which pays tribute to Duras in 1452 to King Charles VII , and takes advantage 'of Henry VI of England who made ​​governor of Calais . He settled in England , where he married Anne de la Pole, daughter of William, Duke of Suffolk

Gaillard IV Durfort the outlaw († around 1481), Lord of Duras, was a minor at the death of his father (about 1442). He went, in 1444 , in England, with family, servants and relatives. Returned to Bordeaux to 1447 and is one of the first defenders seat Bordeaux . After the victory of the French at the Battle of Castillon , Bordeaux Road opened the Count of Clermont, which invades the Médoc , took Castelnau : there remained to him the castle of Blanquefort, held by Gailhard IV Durfort. The latter stood up and gave the fortress after taking Cadillac and fled to Bordeaux.

 After the capture of Bordeaux, Charles VII of France agreed that the main leaders of the insurrection, Gailhard first, have life saving but are banned forever and always the kingdom of France . Returned to England, he gets' s Edward IV load "Marshal" ( governor ) of Calais he defended against the French attacks. During the Wars of the Roses , he remained loyal to Edward IV. He negotiated the Treaty of London (25 July 1474 ) between the Duchy of Burgundy and the kingdom of England . Louis XI , knowing the services he had rendered to Edward IV wished to attach granted him forgiveness (June 1476 ) and it restored castles confiscated Blanquefort, Duras and Villandraut .

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