Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac (died 1462) was a younger son of
Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac and
Bonne of Berry.
Bernard fought at the
Battle of Patay
The Battle of Patay, fought on 18 June 1429 during the Hundred Years' War, was the culmination of the Loire Campaign between the French and English in north-central France. In this engagement, the horsemen of the French vanguard inflicted hea ...
in 1429. That year he married
Eleanor of Bourbon-La Marche, daughter and ultimately heir of
James II, Count of La Marche. Count James was the consort of Queen
Joanna II of Naples
Joanna II (; 25 June 1371 – 2 February 1435) was Queen of Naples from 1414 to her death in 1435, when the Capetian House of Anjou became extinct. As a mere formality, she used the title of Queen of Jerusalem, Sicily, and Hungary.
Early ...
. Bernard served as
lieutenant-general
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normall ...
in
La Marche and governor of
Limousin
Limousin (; ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. Named after the old province of Limousin, the administrative region was founded in 1960. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienne. On 1 Jan ...
in 1441, and later as lieutenant-general of
Languedoc
The Province of Languedoc (, , ; ) is a former province of France.
Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately .
History
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and
Roussillon
Roussillon ( , , ; , ; ) was a historical province of France that largely corresponded to the County of Roussillon and French Cerdagne, part of the County of Cerdagne of the former Principality of Catalonia. It is part of the region of ' ...
in 1461.
Bernard was the father of:
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Jacques d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours
Jacques d'Armagnac (4 August 1477), duke of Nemours, was a 15th-century French nobleman and military leader. He served under King Charles VII of France in Normandy and Guienne, and was awarded honours by Louis XI. He also held the title of Count ...
* John d'Armagnac (1440-1493)
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Year of birth unknown
1462 deaths
15th-century peers of France
Armagnac, Bernard of
Armagnac, Bernard of
Armagnac, Bernard of
Jure uxoris counts
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