The following is a list of rulers of the
County of Armagnac
The County of Armagnac (, ; ), situated between the Adour and Garonne rivers in the lower foothills of the Pyrenées, was a historic county of the Duchy of Gascony, established in 601 in Aquitaine (now France). In 960, the title of 'Count of A ...
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House of Armagnac
The House of Armagnac is a French noble house established in 961 by Bernard I, Count of Armagnac. It achieved its greatest importance in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
The House of Armagnac, at the end of the thirteenth century, was not y ...
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William
William is a masculine given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman Conquest, Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle ...
Count of Fézensac
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
and Armagnac ?–960
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Bernard the Suspicious
Bernard I (died 995), called the Cross-Eyed, was the first Count of Armagnac.
He was the second son of William Garcés of Fézensac. When William died in 960, he divided his county up, giving Fézensac to his eldest son Odo, Armagnac to Bernard ...
, first count privative of Armagnac 960–?
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Gerald I Trancaléon
Gerald I Trancaleon (also spelled ''Guiraut'' or, in French, ''Géraud Trancaléon'' or ''Tranche-Lion'') (died 1020) was the Count of Armagnac from 995 until his death. He was the son and successor of Bernard I.
Gerald married Adalais, daughter ...
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Bernard II Tumapaler
Bernard II Tumapaler (or ''Tumpaler'', Occitan: ''Bernat'', Spanish: ''Bernardo''; c. 1020between 1064 and 1090) was Duke of Gascony from 1039 to 1052 and Count of Armagnac from 1020 to 1061.
Bernard was the son of Adalais, daughter of William V ...
1020–1061
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Gerald II 1061–1095
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Arnauld-Bernard II (associated 1072 for about ten years)
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Bernard III 1095–1110
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Gerald III 1110–1160
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Bernard IV 1160–1188
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Gerald IV Trancaléon
Gerald is a masculine given name derived from the Germanic languages prefix ''ger-'' ("spear") and suffix ''-wald'' ("rule"). Gerald is a Norman French variant of the Germanic name. An Old English equivalent name was Garweald, the likely original ...
1188–1215
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Gerald V Gerald V d'Armagnac (died 1219), Count of Armagnac and Fézensac from 1215 to 1219, was the son of Bernard d'Armagnac, Viscount of Fézensaguet and Geralda of Foix.''Bulletin de la Section de géographie'', Vol.15, Ed. Comité des travaux historiq ...
1215–1219
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Bernart Arnaut d'Armagnac
Bernart Arnaut d'Armagnac (died 1226), also Bernard Arnaud, was a troubadour and from 1217 the Count of Armagnac in opposition to his brother, Gerald V of Armagnac, Gerald V, who inherited it from the childless Gerald IV of Armagnac, Gerald IV.Jose ...
1217–1226, in opposition
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Pierre-Gerald 1219–1241
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Bernard V 1241–1245
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Mascarose I (countess) 1245
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Arnauld II, Count of Lectoure and Lomagne 1245–1249
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Mascarose II 1249–1256
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Eskivat de Chabanais Eschivat IV Chabanais (died 1283) was Count of Bigorre from 1255 to 1283 and Count of Armagnac and de Fézensac of 1255 in 1256. He was the son of Jordan, Lord of Chabanais, and Alix de Montfort, Countess of Bigorre.
Biography
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, Lord of Chabannais 1249–1256
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Gerald VI 1256–1285
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Bernard VI 1285–1319
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Jean I 1319–1373
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Jean II the Hunchbacked 1373–1384
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Jean III 1384–1391
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Bernard VII 1391–1418
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Jean IV 1418–1450
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Jean V 1450–1473
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Charles I Charles I may refer to:
Kings and emperors
* Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings
* Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily
* Charles I of ...
1473–1497
House of Alençon
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Charles II 1509–1525
House of Albret
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Henri I 1527–1555
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Jeanne of Albret 1555–1572
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Henry II
Henry II may refer to:
Kings
* Saint Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (972–1024), crowned King of Germany in 1002, of Italy in 1004 and Emperor in 1014
*Henry II of England (1133–89), reigned from 1154
*Henry II of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1271–1 ...
(king of France as Henry IV 1572–1589)
House of Lorraine
The House of Lorraine () originated as a cadet branch of the House of Metz. It inherited the Duchy of Lorraine in 1473 after the death without a male heir of Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine. By the marriage of Francis of Lorraine to Maria Ther ...
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Henry de Lorraine, ''the Young'' 1607–1666
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Louis de Lorraine 1666–1718, son of the above;
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Charles de Lorraine 1718–1751, son of the above.
Notes
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References
* ''Bulletin de la Section de géographie'', Vol.15, Ed.
Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques
The Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (CTHS) (''Committee for Historic and Scientific Works'') is a French research institution created by the Minister of Public Education François Guizot on 18 July 1834 for the purpose of 'leading ...
, 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''.