Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu

Not to be confused with Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu, died 1378.

Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu or Montaigut (1252^[1] – 23 June 1318^[2]), was a French Archbishop and diplomat who became Lord Chancellor of France.

Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu in 1315

Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu was Archbishop of Narbonne (1287–1311) and Archbishop of Rouen (1311–1318). He was one of the most influential counselors of King Philip IV of France.^[3] He negotiated the Treaty of Tournai (1298) and Treaty of Montreuil (1299) with the English, and created the Collège de Montaigu in 1314.^[4]