Bernard (or Bertrand) IV Jordan (died 1340) was the
Lord of L'Isle-Jourdain (''Insule iordani'') from 1303 or 1304 to his death. He was the son and successor of
Jordan IV and his first wife Faidiva. Bernard Jordan maintained an alliance with
Gaston I of Foix
Gaston I of Foix or Gaston VIII of Foix-Béarn (1287 – 13 December 1315 in Maubuisson) was the 9th Count of Foix, the 22nd Viscount of Béarn and Co-Prince of Andorra.
Biography
He was a son of Roger-Bernard III, Count of Foix and Margar ...
.
He may have taken part in the
Aragonese Crusade
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in 1284.
[Rogozinski, 424 n11.] For five years from his accession to 1309, Bernard Jordan served as
seneschal
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of
Languedoc
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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
...
for
Philip IV of France
Philip IV (April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314), called Philip the Fair (), was King of France from 1285 to 1314. Jure uxoris, By virtue of his marriage with Joan I of Navarre, he was also King of Navarre and Count of Champagne as Philip&n ...
.
[ Between 1328 and 1331, he was interested in accompanying ]Philip VI of France
Philip VI (; 1293 – 22 August 1350), called the Fortunate (), the Catholic (''le Catholique'') and of Valois (''de Valois''), was the first king of France from the House of Valois, reigning from 1328 until his death in 1350. Philip's reign w ...
on a Reconquista
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against the Kingdom of Granada
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...
, but nothing ever came of it.
On 29 April 1319, Pope John XXII
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called him "son" when writing to complain of the recent Ghibelline
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ascendancy in Lombardy
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.[Previté-Orton, 278.]
Bernard married firstly Marguerite de Foix (died 1304), daughter of Roger-Bernard III of Foix (1240–1303) and Margaret of Béarn
Margaret of Béarn – also known as Margaret or Marguerite of Montcada (c. 1245–1250 – c. 1319) was a noblewoman, who ruled (with her husband or for her son's) lands near the Pyrenees mountains and in the southwestern part of present-day ...
, married secondly Berenguela de Montcada, and thirdly Sedille de Durfort, daughter of Arnaud de Durfort.
He was succeeded by his eldest son Bertrand
Bertrand may refer to:
Places
* Bertrand, Missouri, US
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* Bertrand, New Brunswick, Canada
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* Bertrand, Michigan
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* Bertrand Creek, state of Washington
* Saint-Bertr ...
and is also known to have had several other children; Gaston, John, Mathe, Marguerite and Indie.
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1340 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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