John III of Armagnac (1359 – July 25, 1391) was a

Count of Armagnac 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 ...

, of Fézensac and

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from 1384 to 1391. He was the son of

John II of Armagnac John II, the Hunchback, (born 1333, died 26 May 1384), Count of Armagnac, of Fézensac, Rodez (1371–1384) and Count of Charolais (1364–1384), Viscount Lomagne and Auvillars, he was the son of John I, Count of Armagnac, of Fezensac and Rodez, Vi ...

, and Joan of Périgord. In 1390, John claimed the

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, but was overcome by the troops of

John I of Aragon John I (27 December 1350 – 19 May 1396), called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance, but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of Aragon from 1387 until his death. Biography John was the eldest son of Peter IV and his third ...

in a battle near Navata. John III consequently led military actions in Roussillon. In 1391, he had to leave for

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in order to go to the assistance of Charles Visconti, Lord of

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and husband of his sister, Beatrice of Armagnac. Visconti was in conflict with his acquisitive cousin

Gian Galeazzo Visconti Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), was the first duke of Milan (1395) and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò. He was the foundi ...

, later the duke of

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, whose ambition was to control the whole of northern Italy. His army was attacked and decisively beaten by that of Gian Galeazzo Visconti as it passed through

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in Piedmont. John III was killed in the battle.

Family

On May 14, 1378, John III married Margaret (1363–1443), countess of Comminges (1363–1443). They had two daughters: *Joan, who married Guillaume-Amanieu de Madaillan (1375–1414) in 1409. *Margaret, who married

William II of Narbonne William II was Viscount of Narbonne (1397-1424) and the nominal Judge of Arborea (1407-1420). He was the grandson of Beatrice, youngest daughter of Marianus IV of Arborea and Timbra de Rocabertí, and Aimery VI of Narbonne (married 1363). When ...

in 1415. He was killed in the battle of Verneuil, on August 14, 1424).

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