1450), lord of Gilles, near Nogent-le-Roi, in the Chartrain country, was a medieval French nobleman who sided with the English during the Hundred Years' War.
[1] A knight and a gentleman, Morhier became involved in the ongoing struggle between the French ruling class for control of the regency of the mad King Charles VI.
[4] Morhier was named provost of Paris by Bedford on 1 December 1422,[1] succeeding Pierre Le Verrat and Jean de La Baume, and holding this post until 1432.
[1] In February 1429, alongside the English John Fastolf, Morhier led the military escort of a supply convoy destined to the ongoing Siege of Orléans,[6] and successfully defended it from a French ambush at the Battle of the Herrings.
[1] After the Duke of Burgundy abandoned the alliance with England by signing the Treaty of Arras (1435), Morhier remained faithful to the English party.
Henry VI of England gave Morhier a generous pension and a series of important offices.
[1] As part of a series of confrontations leading to the rupture of the truce of Tours (1444–1449), Morhier was captured on 25 February 1449 at Torcy-le-Grand in a raid conducted by the French garrison of nearby Dieppe.
[3] Morhier married firstly Blanche de Popincourt, lady of Mesnil-Aubry (died 10 December 1422), in about 1420.