Arthur de Montauban (died March 9, 1479), French magistrate and prelate, belonged to one of the great families of Brittany.
To satisfy a private grudge against Gilles, brother of Francis I, Duke of Brittany, he intrigued to such good purpose that Gilles was arrested for treason, and finally executed in prison in 1450. When Montauban's duplicity was discovered he was deprived of his office of bailli of Cotentin and banished.[1]
He then became a monk, and through the support of his brother, John de Montauban (1412–1466), Louis XI's favourite, obtained the archbishopric of Bordeaux in 1468. He died in Paris on 9 March 1479.[1]
Notes edit
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
References edit
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Montauban, Arthur de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 760.
Further reading edit
Fisquet, Honoré Jean P. (1864). "56. Artur de Montauban (1468–1478)". La France pontificale ... histoire chronologique et biographique des archevêques et évêques de tous les diocèses de France (in French). pp. 247–253.
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