He succeeded his father [after 1162] as Sire de Sully. "Gilo dominus Soliaci, habens guerram cum Johanne fratre suo" blocked access to the castle for the monks of Saint-Gondon sur Loire by charter dated 1172, "Radulpho priore Caritatis fratre suo" arranging another access[1191]. A charter dated 1194 records an agreement between “dominum Gilonem de Soliaco…[et] Odonem filium predicti Gilonis” and the monks of La Charité-sur-Loire, which also names “dominus Archambaldus avus suus”, witnessed by “Archimbaudus de Soliaco”[1192].
