Cardinal Gaillard de La Mothe | |
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| Cardinal-Deacon | |
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| Church | Santa Lucia in Silice (1316-1356) |
| Orders | |
| Created cardinal | 18 December 1316 by Pope John XXII |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 20 December 1356 Avignon, FR |
| Buried | Bazas, Church of S. Jean |
| Nationality | Gascon |
| Parents | Amanieu de La Motte Elips (Alix) de Got |
| Occupation | cleric |
| Coat of arms |  |
Gaillard de La Mothe (also spelled de La Motte, de LaMotte, della Motta) was a fourteenth-century prelate and Cardinal, of Gascon extraction. Gaillard was born towards the end of the 13th century, either in Toulouse or Bordeaux,[1] and died in Avignon on 20 December 1356. He was the son of Amanieu Levieux de La Motte, seigneur of Roquetaillade. His mother was Elips (Alix) de Got, daughter of Arnaud-Garsale de Got, brother of Bertrand de Got. He was therefore a nephew of Pope Clement V (Bertrand de Got).[2] Gaillard had a brother, Bertrand.[3] Another uncle, his father's brother, Guillaume de la Mothe, was Bishop of Bazas from 1303-1313, when he was transferred to Saintes, and again from 1318 to 1319.[4]
- ^ His uncle, Bertrand de Got, was Archbishop of Bordeaux from 1299 to 1305: Eubel, p. 150.
- ^ Chevalier de Courcelles (1826). Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France, des grands dignitaires de la couronne, des principales familles nobles du royaume, et des Maisons princières de l'Europe, précédée de la généalogie de la Maison de France (in French). Vol. Tome sixieme. Paris: l'auteur. p. 16.
- ^ Philippe-Joseph Caffiaux (1777). Trésor généalogique, ou extraits de titres anciens qui concernent les maisons & familles de France & des environs, connus en 1400 ou auparavant (in French). Vol. Tome premier. Paris: De l'imprimerie de Philippe-Denys Pierres. p. 249.
- ^ Eubel, p. 516. Patrice John O'Reilly (1840). Essai sur l'Histoire de la ville et de l'arrondissement de Bazas, depuis la conquête des Romains dans la Novempopulanie, jusqu'à la fin du 18e siècle (in French). Bazas: Labarriere. pp. 190–191.. Gaillard's brother, Raymond Bernardi de La Mothe, was also Bishop of Bazas (1348-1358), appointed on the recommendation of Cardinal Gaillard de La Mothe. Roy, p. 5.