Pierre d'Ailly [SEP] position held
Pierre d'Ailly
Pierre d'Ailly (; Latin "Petrus Aliacensis", "Petrus de Alliaco"; 13519 August 1420) was a French theologian, astrologer, and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Academic career.
D'Ailly was born in Compiègne in 1350 or 1351 of a prosperous bourgeois family. He studied in Paris at the Collège de Navarre, receiving the licentiate in arts in 1367 and the masters a year later, and was active in university affairs by 1372. D'Ailly taught the Bible in 1375 and the "Sentences
That same year he was appointed Governor of Auvergne, a position which he held until his death on 30 October 1649.
He is also known for making the cadenette hairstyle fashionable.
Relationships and Issue.
On 14 January 1620, Albert married Claire Charlotte Eugénie d'Ailly. They had three children:
- Henri Louis d'Albert d'Ailly (1620-1653), 2nd Duke of Chaulnes
- Charles d'Albert d'Ailly (1625-1698), 3rd Duke of Chaulnes
- Armand d'Albert d'Ailly (1635-1656)