Gaillard II de Durfort (died 1422), Lord of Duras, Blanquefort, and

Villandraut Villandraut (; oc, Vilandraut) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Pope Clement V was born in Villandraut. He is known for moving the Curia from Rome to Avignon, ushering in the period known as ...

, 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 Gaillard I de Durfort ( oc, Galhart; fl. 1309–1356), known as the Archdeacon (''l'Archidiacre''), was a French priest and nobleman of the Durfort family. He inherited the Lacour–Durfort lands in 1345 and abandoned his clerical career to marr ...

(died 1356) and Marguerite de Caumont. 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, daughter of Roger Bernard, Count of Périgord and Eléonore de Vendome and is known to have had the following issue: *

Gaillard III de Durfort Gaillard III de Durfort ( oc, Galhart, la, Galhardus de Durefort; fl. 1414–1442Nicole de Peña (1977), ''Documents sur la maison de Durfort: XIe–XVe siècle'', Part 2 (Fédération historique du Sud-Ouest), p. 1091.) was a Duchy of Gascony, Ga ...

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Durfort, Gaillard II de Year of birth unknown 1422 deaths Gascons Seneschals of Gascony