Gerard de Dainville

Gerard de Dainville (c. 1328–1378) was a prelate of the Empire from a noble Artois family; his brother Jean served the French kings John II and Charles V. He became bishop of Arras in 1361, moved to Thérouanne in 1369 and to Cambrai in 1371, entering the city solemnly on 8 May 1372.

There he invested Albert of Bavaria with the county of Hainaut on Emperor Charles IV's authority. In December 1377 he received Charles IV at Cambrai; Charles V did not want him to celebrate Christmas publicly in France, so he kept it in Gerard's cathedral. In 1378 Gerard promised obedience to the archbishop of Reims, but died that June before he could make good.