Count of Armagnac

Coat of arms of the county of Armagnac (before 1304).

Coat of arms of the county of Armagnac (after 1304).

The following is a list of rulers of the county of Armagnac:

House of Armagnac

• William Count of Fézensac and Armagnac  ?– 960
• Bernard the Suspicious, First count privative of Armagnac 960– ?
• Gerald I Trancaléon ? –1020
• Bernard I Tumapaler 1020–1061
• Gerald II 1061–1095
• Arnauld-Bernard II (associated 1072 for about ten years)
• Bernard III 1095–1110
• Gerald III 1110–1160
• Bernard IV 1160–1188
• Gerald IV Trancaléon 1188–1215
• Gerald V 1215–1219
  • Bernart Arnaut d'Armagnac 1217–1226, in opposition
• Pierre-Gerald 1219–1241
• Bernard V 1241–1245
• Mascarose I (countess) 1245
• Arnauld II count of Lectoure and Lomagne 1245–1249
• Mascarose II 1249–1256
• Eskivat de Chabanais, lord of Chabannais 1249–1256
• Gerald VI 1256–1285
• Bernard VI 1285–1319
• Jean I 1319–1373
• Jean II the Hunchbacked 1373–1384
• Jean III 1384–1391
• Bernard VII 1391–1418
• Jean IV 1418–1450
• Jean V 1450–1473
• Charles I 1473–1497

House of Alençon

• Charles II 1509-1525^[1]

House of Albret

• Henri I 1527-1555^[2]
• Jeanne of Albret 1555-1572^[3]
• Henry II (King of France as Henry IV 1572-1589)

House of Lorraine

• Henry de Lorraine, the Young 1607-1666
• Louis de Lorraine 1666-1718, son of the above;
• Charles de Lorraine 1718-1751, son of the above.

Notes

1. ^ Bulletin de la Section de géographie, Vol.15, 131.
2. ^ Bulletin de la Section de géographie, Vol.15, 131-132.
3. ^ Bulletin de la Section de géographie, Vol.15, 132.

References

• Bulletin de la Section de géographie, Vol.15, Ed. Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, Imprimerie Nationale, 1900.

External links

• The Households of the Counts of Armagnac in the Late Middle Ages - abstract of a paper analyzing the household expenses of Count Bernard VII, from the Société Internationale des Médiévistes.
• An account of the dramatic fall of the House of Armagnac is given in Marin Calder's book A Summer in Gascony, link: http://www.asummeringascony.com/