Bernard VI, ( 1270 – 1319),
Count of Armagnac and Fezensac, was the son of
Gerald VI, Count of Armagnac, and Mathe de Béarn.
Service for King of France
In 1302, Bernard fought in Italy under the command of
Charles of Valois. Subsequently, he participated in all the campaigns in
Flanders directed by
Philippe le Bel
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(in 1303, 1304, 1313 and 1315). He then served as head of large detachments of the royal army. He contributed particularly to the victory of Mons-en-Alarcon on 18 August 1304, with four hundred armed men and a thousand policemen on foot. This military activity was very expensive and impoverished Bernard VI and he was obliged to borrow 2500 gold florins for the funeral of his wife.
Conflict with House of Foix
After the death of
Gaston VII
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Viscount of Béarn, his grandfather, he maintained a long war against the
Counts of Foix following the controversy over the will. The will favored the Count of Foix and Bernard refuted its legitimacy. The conflict escalated into an undeclared war between the houses of Foix and Armagnac, which took place during nearly all of the fourteenth century.
Marriages and Children
He first married Isabella d'Albret (c. 1275 † 1 December 1294), daughter of
Bernard Ezy IV Sire of Albret and Jeanne de Lusignan. Through this marriage, Bernard VI carried the title of lord of Albret between the years 1280 and 1294.
In 1298, he married
Cecilia de Rodez, heiress of
Henri II Count of Rodez.
Children, all born of the second marriage were:
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(1305 † 1373), Count of Armagnac, of Fezensac and Rodez.
* Mathe († 1364), married in 1321 to
Bernard Ezi IV, Sire d'Albret.
* Isabella, Lady of Beras.
Bernard had an illegitimate son;
* John, Bastard of Armagnac, called ''la Guerre'' (the War),
[''Archives historiques de la Gascogne'', Ed. Société historique de Gascogne, (Cocharaux Frères Imprimeur, 1887), 135.] participated in wars in Gascony. He was captured by the king's men, then released after promising to be faithful and loyal to the king. He left arms, embraced the ecclesiastical state, was Patriarch of Alexandria, then took the administration of the diocese of Rodez in 1376.
Notes
References
* ''Archives historiques de la Gascogne'', Ed. Société historique de Gascogne, Cocharaux Frères Imprimeur, 1887.
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1270s births
1319 deaths
French soldiers
Counts of Armagnac