Europe · High and late Middle Ages
County of Armagnac
10th century–1473
Comté d'Armagnac; Occitan Armanhac; capital Lectoure/Auch. A Gascon county whose counts became major players. Count Bernard VII of Armagnac was Constable of France and leader of the anti-Burgundian faction after 1407 — hence the "Armagnacs."
- Existed
- 10th century–1473
- Shown on the map
- 1206–1362, 1375–1496 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 24k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
Comté d'Armagnac; Occitan Armanhac; capital Lectoure/Auch. A Gascon county whose counts became major players. Count Bernard VII of Armagnac was Constable of France and leader of the anti-Burgundian faction after 1407 — hence the "Armagnacs." Jean V of Armagnac, in rebellion, was besieged and killed at Lectoure in 1473, and the county was largely confiscated by Louis XI; it passed to the House of Albret and thence to the Bourbon kings of Navarre, merging with the crown under Henry IV.
Common questions
- What was the County of Armagnac?
- Comté d'Armagnac; Occitan Armanhac; capital Lectoure/Auch. A Gascon county whose counts became major players. Count Bernard VII of Armagnac was Constable of France and leader of the anti-Burgundian faction after 1407 — hence the "Armagnacs."
- When did the County of Armagnac exist?
- The County of Armagnac existed 10th century–1473. On this map it is drawn 1206–1362, 1375–1496.
- How large was the County of Armagnac?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the County of Armagnac covered about 24,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica and specialist snippets, and flags entries built on unreliable foundations — the 911 treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte known only from Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and Arnaud Amalric's alleged order at Béziers attested only decades after the fact. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — County of Armagnac en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Armagnac
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