This is a list of counts of the County of Comminges.
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
RulerDatesGascon lineNotes Garcia Aznar 836–846Comminges line First known count of Comminges. Garcia descended agnatically from Aznar Sánchez of Gascony. Aznar Garcia 846–905Comminges line Son of the predecessor. Lupus I Aznar 905–935Comminges line Son of the predecessor. Aznar II 935–946Comminges line Son of the predecessor. Arnaud I 946–957Comminges line Son of the predecessor.Roger I The Old957–1011Carcassonne line Sons of the predecessor, probably ruled jointly. Roger was also the founder of the County of Carcassonne.Arnaud II957–988Comminges line Odo1011–1035Comminges line Sons of Arnaud II, ruled jointly. Roger II Arnaud III 1035–1070Comminges line Son of Roger II. Roger III 1035–1105Comminges line Son of Arnaud III. Bernard I 1105–1145Comminges line Son of the predecessor. Bernard II 1145–1153Comminges line Son of the predecessor. Bernard III 1153–1176Comminges line Brother of the predecessor, born Dodon de Samatan, later changed his name after his brother's death. Bernard IV 1176–1225Comminges line Son of the predecessor. Also, by marriage, Count of Bigorre. Bernard V 1225–1241Comminges line Son of the predecessor. Bernard VI 1241–1295Comminges line Son of the predecessor. Bernard VII 1295–1312Comminges line Son of the predecessor. Bernard VIII 1312–1336Comminges line Son of the predecessor. John I The Posthumous 1336–1339Comminges line Son of the predecessor. Peter Raymond I 1339–1341Comminges line Brother of Bernard VIII. Peter Raymond II 1341–1376Comminges line Son of the predecessor. Margaret 1376–1443Comminges line Daughter of the predecessor. Co-ruler with her husbands, John III, Count of Armagnac, John of Armagnac (son of Geraud, Viscount of Fezensaguet) and Mathieu of Foix. At his death in 1453, Comminges was reunited to the French crown by King Charles VII of France.
House of Lescun
In 1462, the king of France Louis XI detached the county of Comminges from the royal domain 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)
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 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
Jean of Foix-Lautrec, count of Comminges (1472–1494). Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, count of Comminges, Marshal of France (1494–1528). Enrique de Foix-Lautrec, count of Comminges (1528–1540). Claudia de Foix-Lautrec, contesse of Rethel, of Cominges, of Beaufort in Champagne, vicecontesse of Lautrec (1540–1553).
House of La Barthe
Paul de La Barthe, seigneur de Termes in Couserans, Marshal of France. count of Comminges (1552–1562).
House of Comminges-Guitaut
Gaston of Comminges, count of Comminges (1638–1670). Louis of Comminges, count of Comminges (1670–1712).
House of Comminges-Lastronque
Roger James of Comminges, count of Comminges (1718–1785). Roger Louis of Comminges, count of Comminges (1785–1789). 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
External links Counts of Comminges. Genealogy
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