Gaillard IV de Durfort

The French, anxious to conciliate the inhabitants of the region, offered them favourable conditions and they were permitted to maintain their existing titles and lands.

He obtained from King Edward IV of England the office of governor of Calais, which he defended against French attacks.

In 1470, he was chamberlain to the Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, whilst still retaining his functions at the English court.

In 1473 Edward IV gave him the Lordship of Lesparre in the Medoc, a purely symbolic act and title since the English no longer had any control in Gascony.

Durfort married Anne, daughter of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and probably illegitimate.