Count of Pardiac

The Count of Pardiac was a title in the French nobility.^[1] The county of Pardiac is a part of the County of Astarac, including the lands of Rivière-Basse[fr].

The title was created by Arnold II of Astarac[fr] and given to his younger son, Bernard the 1st, from which, the title was passed down into the families of Montlezun and Armagnac.

House Astarac

1023 - After 1043:^[2] Bernard I Pelagos, Count of Pardiac, son of Arnaud II, Count of Astarac, married to Biverne

House Montlezun

After 1043 - After 29 December 1088:^[2] Oger I d'Montlezun, son of Bernard I, first to take the surname of Montlezun after the castle in the county^[2]

At least after 29 December 1088^[2] - After 1142:^[2] Guillame I d'Montlezun, son of Oger I, married to Marie.

Before at least 1174^[2] - March 1182: Bernard II d'Montlezun, son of Guillaume I, married to Amelie.

March 1182 - At least before 7 April 1204 : Oger II of Montlezun

7 April 1204^[2] - 1275 : Arnaud-Guilhem I, son of Oger II

Before July 1275^[2] - 1300 : Arnaud-Guilhem II(died 1309), son of Arnaud-Guilhem I

1300^[2] - 1340 : Arnaud-Guilhem III, son of Arnaud-Guildhem II, married to Geraude, Dame of Biran and d'Ordan, before the Pentacost of 1309^[2]

1340 - 13 August 1369:^[2] Arnaud-Guilhem IV, son of Arnaud-Guildhem III^[2]

1. married to a Countess of Durfort (without posterity); she died of an apparent addiction to medicine while he was away in the King's wars. He received a marriage pardon on 4 November 1349.^[2]
2. married to Eleanor de Peralta, Navarraise^[2]
3. married to Mabille d'Albert, daughter of Amanieu d'Albert, Lord of Verteuil (without posterity)^[2]

13 August 1369 - 1380:^[2] Jean I, son of Arnaud-Guilhem IV and Elenora of Peralta, unmarried, died in 1380

1380 - 1401 : Anne d'Montlezun, sister of previous, married to Géraud IV d'Armagnac, Viscount of Fézensaguet[fr] on 6 June 1379^[2]

House Armagnac

1380 - 1401 : Géraud d'Armagnac, Viscount of Fésenzaguet, married to Anne de Montlezun, daughter of Arnaud Guillaume IV and Eleanor de Peralta.

1401 - 1402 : Jean II d'Armagnac (died 1402), Viscount of Fésenzaguet, Count of Pardiac, son of Géraud d'Armagnac, married to Margarita (1363-1443), Countess of Comminges (without posterity); Prisoner of Bernard VII

1402 - 1418 : Bernard VII of Armagnac (1360 - 1418), Count of Armagnac, married to Bonne de Berry, daughter of Jean de France, Duke of Berry, and Joan of Armagnac.

1418 - 1462: Bernard VIII of Armagnac, Count of Pardiac (1400–1462), Marche, and Castres, Duke of Nemours, son of Bernard VII. Married in 1429 to Éléonore de Bourbon[fr]^[3] (1412 - apx. 1464), Duchess of Nemours and Countess of Marche, daughter of James II of Bourbon, king consort of Naples, Count of Marche and Castres, and Beatrice of Evreux, Duchess of Nemours.

1462 - 1477 : Jacques d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours (1433–1477), Count of Paridac, Castres, and Marche. Son of Bernard VIII. Married in 1462 to Louise d'Anjou[fr], daughter of Charles IV of Anjou, Count of Maine, and Isabella of Luxembourg. Executed in 1477 after being tried for treason. Property was confiscated by Charles VIII,^[4][5] but the counties of Pardiac and Nemours were returned to his son, Jean of Armagnac, in 1484.

1484 - 1500 : Jean d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours (1467–1500), Count of Pardiac. Son of Jacques and Louise d'Anjou.

1500 - 1503 : Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours, Count of Pardiac and Guise. Second son of Jacques and Louise d'Anjou.

1503 - 1504 : Charlotte d'Armagnac (d. 1504), daughter of Jacques and Louise d'Anjou. Married to Charles de Rohan-Gié[fr], Lord of Gie (without posterity).

At Charles' death, the county of Pardiac returned to the crown.

Lineage

Bernard I Pelagos - 1st Count

Oger I d'Montlezun - 2nd Count

Guillame I d'Montlezun - 3rd Count

Bernard II d'Montlezun - 4th Count

Oger II d'Montlezun - 5th Count

Arnaud-Guilhem I - 6th Count

Arnaud-Guilhem II - 7th Count

Arnaud-Guilhem II - 8th Count

Arnaud-Guilhem IV - 9th Count

Jean I d'Montlezun - 10th Count; No Heirs

Anne d'Montlezun - 11th Countess; Married Geraud d'Armagnac

Jean II d'Armagnac - 12th Count; Son of Geraud, Prisoner of Bernard VII d'Armagnac

Bernard VII d'Armagnac - 13th Count

Bernard VIII d'Armagnac - 14th Count

Jacques d'Armagnac - 15th Count

Jean d'Armagnac - 16th Count

Louis d'Armagnac - 17th Count

Charlotte d'Armagnac - 18th Countess; Married Charles de Rohan-Gié

References

1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Nemours, Lords and Dukes of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 369–370.
2. de Sainte-Marie, Anselme (1726–1733). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France [Genealogical and Chronological History of the Royal House of France] (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris. pp. 626–628.
3. de Barrau, Hippolyte (1853). Documens historiques et généalogiques sur les familles et les hommes remarquables du Rouergue [Historical and Genealogical Documentation on the Remarkable Families and Men of Rouergue] (in French). Vol. 1. pp. 261–263.
4. "Pardiac. Titles of European hereditary rulers". eurulers.altervista.org. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
5. Vaublanc, Vincent Marie Viénot (1828). Tables Synchroniques de l'Histoire de France: Ou Chronologie des Princes Et États Contemporains Sous les Diverses Périodes de la Monarchie Françoise [Synchronous Tables of the French History: or Chronology of the Princes and Contemporary States Under the Various Periods of the French Monarchy, to serve as a sequel to all the histories of France] (2nd ed.). Paris: Janet et Cotelle. p. 179. ISBN 978-0259802358.

Sources

• (fr) This article is partially or wholly derived from the French Wikipedia article entitled "Liste des comtes de Pardiac"