Gilles, Count of Montaigu
Gilles (died before 1193), Count of Montaigu and Clermont, Count of Duras, son of Godefroi, Count of Montaigu, and his wife Julienne, daughter of Otto II, Count of Duras. Gilles was also Seigneur of Rochefort, Seigneur of Jodoigne and Avoué of Saint-Trond.
In 1174, Gilles married Laurette de Looz, daughter of Louis I, Count of Looz, and his wife Agnes von Metz. They divorced childless in 1176.
Gilles contracted leprosy, giving up most of his lands to his brothers Conon and Pierre. [1][2] Leprosy, however, was not the end of his military life, as Gislebert of Mons mentions him taking revenge on the duke of Louvain, for seizing Jodoigne, his only remaining allod. Moreover, he writes of his capture in the town of Namur by Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut, who held him captive for a long time.
Gilles was succeeded as Count of Montaigu, Clermont and Duras by his brother Conon, possibly as early as 1175. In a charter dated 1175 donating property to the Knights Hospitaller, Gilles is referred to as former count and his brothers Pierre and Conon as Counts of Montaigu and Duras, respectively.
Sources
- Wolters, Joseph Mathias, Notice Historique sur l’Ancien Comté de Duras en Hesbaie, Gyselinck, 1855 (available on Google Books)
- Baerten, J., Les origines des comtes de Looz et la formation territoriale du comté, Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire 43 (2), 1965
- Medieval Lands Project, Comtes de Montaigu
References
- ^ Chronicle of Hainaut by Gilbert of Mons, translated Laura Napran (Boydell, 2005) ISBN 1-84383-120-1
- ^ "Experiences of Charity 1250-1650," Anne M. Scott (Routledge, 2016) ch.3
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