Gaillard III de Durfort ( oc, Galhart, la, Galhardus de Durefort; fl. 1414–1442Nicole de Peña (1977), ''Documents sur la maison de Durfort: XI^e–XV^e siècle'', Part 2 (Fédération historique du Sud-Ouest), p. 1091.) was a Gascon nobleman of the Durfort family. He inherited the lordship of Duras and Blanquefort from his father, Gaillard II, in 1422.Peña (1977), p. 889. In the

Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French Crown, ...

between England and France, Gaillard took the side of the English king, who was the feudal suzerain of Gascony. In 1423, King

Henry VI of England Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. The only child of Henry V, he succeeded to the English thron ...

appointed Gaillard ''

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'' of

Bayonne Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine re ...

, a charge he handed over to Guillaume Stone at the king's request in 1439.Jules Lépicier, ed. (1880)
''Archives historiques du département de la Gironde''
Vol. 20 (Bordeaux), p. 95. In 1434, he served as seneschal of the Landes for the English. In 1436, he signed a contract to fight as an ally (''allié'') of

John I, Count of Foix John I, Count of Foix also known as Jean de Foix-Grailly (1382 – 4 May 1436) was Count of Foix from 1428 until his death in 1436. He succeeded his mother Isabella, Countess of Foix. His father was Archambaud de Grailly. Life Early life As ...

, and his son, Gaston IV, themselves major supporters of Henry VI. Gaillard married Indie de La Lande and had one son, Gaillard IV, who spent his childhood in London. Gaillard III is last mentioned in a document of 1442 and he was dead by 1444.

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