Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu

Gilles II Aycelin de Montaigu or Montaigut, Montagu, was a French religious and diplomat who became Lord Chancellor of France, Cardinal from 1361 and bishop of Frascati from 1368.

[1] He was the chief negotiator for Jean II of France with the English, in the aftermath of the battle of Poitiers.

Born in the early years of the 14th century, Gilles Aycelin came from an Auvergnat family with several prominent members in his period.

He attended in 1356 the disastrous Battle of Poitiers and followed King John II of France, "the Good", in England with the title of chancellor.

John II, "the Good", obtained for him the cardinalate from Pope Innocent VI in 1361.