This is a list of counts of the County of
Comminges
The Comminges (; Occitan language, Occitan/Gascon language, Gascon: ''Comenge'') is an ancient region of southern France in the foothills of the Pyrenees, corresponding approximately to the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens in the departments of Fran ...
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Counts of Comminges
House of Comminges
Aznar I-Sanche was created Count of Gascony by Pepin I, King of Aquitaine, around 820. He made his son Garcia Aznar Viscount of Comminges in 833. When his father died in 836, Garcia Aznar became Count of Comminges and Couseran.
[Jean de Jaurgain (1902) La Vasconie – Étude historique et critique. Genealogical Tables XXV and XXVI. Imprinterie Garet, Pau]
House of Lescun
''In 1462, the king of France
Louis XI
Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII. Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revolt known as the ...
detached the county of Comminges from the
royal domain
Crown land, also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown. It is the equivalent of an entailed estate and passes with the monarchy, being inseparable from it. Today, in Commonwealth realm ...
and gave it to his friend.''
* 1462–1472 :
Jean de Lescun (illegitimate son of
Arnaud-Guillaume of Lescun,
bishop of Aire, and of
Anne of Armagnac, born ? – died 1472, known as the ''Bastard of Armagnac'',
Marshal of France
Marshal of France (, plural ') is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to General officer, generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished (1793–1804) ...
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House of Aydie
''At the death of John of Lescun in 1472, the county of Comminges passed to:''
* 1472–1498 :
Odet d'Aydie (husband of Marie of Lescun, heiress of Lescun as daughter of Mathieu of Lescun, himself probably a cousin of John of Lescun, born c. 1425 – died 1498, constable of France, supreme commander of the French army and close advisor of Louis XI)
''In 1498, at the death of Odet d'Aydie, who did not have a son, king
Louis XII of France
Louis XII (27 June 14621 January 1515), also known as Louis of Orléans was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples (as Louis III) from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves, he succeeded his second ...
definitely reunited the county of Comminges to the French crown. The descendants of Odet d'Aydie's daughter continued to carry the title of count of Comminges.
House of Foix-Lautrec
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Jean of Foix-Lautrec, count of Comminges (1472–1494).
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Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec
Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec (1485 – 15 August 1528) was a French military leader. As Marshal of France, he commanded the campaign to conquer Naples, but died from the bubonic plague in 1528.
Biography
Odet was the son of Jean de Foix ...
, count of Comminges, Marshal of France (1494–1528).
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Enrique de Foix-Lautrec, count of Comminges (1528–1540).
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Claudia de Foix-Lautrec, contesse of Rethel, of Cominges, of Beaufort in Champagne, vicecontesse of Lautrec (1540–1553).
House of La Barthe
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Paul de La Barthe, seigneur de Termes in Couserans, Marshal of France. count of Comminges (1552–1562).
House of Comminges-Guitaut
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Gaston of Comminges, count of Comminges (1638–1670).
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Louis of Comminges, count of Comminges (1670–1712).
House of Comminges-Lastronque
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Roger James of Comminges, count of Comminges (1718–1785).
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Roger Louis of Comminges, count of Comminges (1785–1789).
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Roger Aymeric of Comminges, count of Comminges (1789–1840).
House of Comminges-Saint-Lary
* Elie de Comminges, count of Comminges and Baron Saint-Lary (1840–1894).
* Aimery Elie de Comminges, count of Comminges and Baron Saint-Lary (1894–1925).
* Bertrand de Comminges, count of Comminges and Baron de Saint-Lary(1925–1987).
* Aimery Bertrand Geoffroy Elie de Comminges, count of Comminges (1925-1994)
* Jean-Odon de Comminges, count of Comminges (1987–2015).
* Aimery Fouré-de Comminges, count of Comminges (2011-)
References
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Comminges
The Comminges (; Occitan language, Occitan/Gascon language, Gascon: ''Comenge'') is an ancient region of southern France in the foothills of the Pyrenees, corresponding approximately to the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens in the departments of Fran ...
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