Noble family House of Armagnac Died 1319 Name Bernard Count | Mother Mathe de Bearn Father Gerald VI of Armagnac | |
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Spouse(s) Isabella d'Albret
Cecilia Rodez Parents Gerald VI, Count of Armagnac, Mathe de Montcade Grandchildren Martha of Armagnac, John II, Count of Armagnac, Joan of Armagnac Grandparents Gaston VII, Viscount of Bearn, Roger I de Fezensaguet Great-grandparents Guillermo II de Montcada, Gersende of Provence | ||
Children John I, Count of Armagnac | ||
Bernard VI, (c. 1270 – 1319), Count of Armagnac and Fezensac, was the son of Gerald VI, Count of Armagnac, and Mathe de Béarn.
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Service for King of France
In 1302, Bernard fought in Italy under the command of Charles of Valois. Subsequently, he participated in all the campaigns in Flanders directed by Philippe le Bel and his son Louis X (in 1303, 1304, 1313 and 1315). He then served as head of large detachments of the royal army. He contributed particularly to the victory of Mons-en-Alarcon on 18 August 1304, with four hundred armed men and a thousand policemen on foot. This military activity was very expensive and impoverished Bernard VI and he was obliged to borrow 2500 gold florins for the funeral of his wife.
Conflict with House of Foix
After the death of Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn, his grandfather, he maintained a long war against the Counts of Foix following the controversy over the will. The will favored the Count of Foix and Bernard refuted its legitimacy. The conflict escalated into an undeclared war between the houses of Foix and Armagnac, which took place during nearly all of the fourteenth century.
Marriages and Children
He first married Isabella d'Albret (c. 1275 † 1 December 1294), daughter of Bernard Ezy IV Sire of Albret and Jeanne de Lusignan. Through this marriage, Bernard VI carried the title of lord of Albret between the years 1280 and 1294.
In 1298, he married Cecilia de Rodez, heiress of Henri II Count of Rodez.
Children, all born of the second marriage were:
Bernard had an illegitimate son;