Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac
Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac (died 1462) was a younger son of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac[1] and Bonne of Berry.
He fought at the Battle of Patay in 1429. That year he married Eleanor of Bourbon-La Marche, daughter and ultimately heir of James II, Count of La Marche.[2] He served as lieutenant-general in La Marche and governor of Limousin in 1441, and later as lieutenant-general of Languedoc and Roussillon in 1461.
He was the father of:
- James, Duke of Nemours[2]
- John (1440-1493)
References
- de Wavrin 2012, p. 220.
- Potter 1995, p. 376.
Sources
- Potter, David (1995). Keen, Maurice (ed.). A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. Macmillan.
- de Wavrin, Jean (2012). Hardy, William; Hardy, Edward L.C.P. (eds.). Recueil Des Chroniques Et Anchiennes Istories de la Grant Bretaigne, À Present Nommé Engleterre. Vol.4: From A.D. 1431 to A.D. 1477. Cambridge University Press.
| Preceded by John I |
Count of Pardiac 1424–1462 |
Succeeded by James III |
| Preceded by James II |
Count of Castres and La Marche 1438–1462 With: Eleanor |
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