John I, Count of Armagnac

Jean I. (* 1311, † May 16, 1373 ) was Count of Armagnac, FEZENSAC and Rodez.

He was the son of Bernard VI. , Count of Armagnac and FEZENSAC, and Cécile, heiress of the county of Rodez.

He married in 1324 Reine de Goth († 1325 ), great-niece of Pope Clement V and heiress of Lomagne and Auvillars. The short marriage remained childless. In May 1327 he married Beatrice de Clermont, daughter of Jean de Clermont, Comte de Charolais, who inherited the Charolais. The couple had three children:

  • Jean II (* 1330, † 1384 ), Count of Armagnac, etc.
  • Jeanne (* 1348, † 1388 ) ∞ October 17, 1360 in Carcassonne Jean de Valois, duc de Berry ( House of Valois )
  • Marthe († 1378 ) ∞ March 6, 1373 in Barcelona, ​​John I, King of Aragon (* 1350, † 1395 )

He served in Italy under the command of John of Bohemia, King of Bohemia. In Ferrara defeated and taken prisoner, he was released in 1330 against an enormous ransom. In 1339 he was captain general of Poitou, Limousin and Saintonge. As governor ( Lieutenant) of the king in Languedoc from 1338 to 1352, he was one of the principal commanders in the fight against Edward of Woodstock, the " Black Prince ". On July 28, 1340 destroyed the Anglo- Flemish army under the command of Robert III. standing of Artois, in the Battle of Saint- Omer.

  • Graf ( Armagnac )
  • Graf ( Charolais )
  • Graf ( FEZENSAC )
  • Graf ( Rodez)
  • Person in the Hundred Years' War
  • House Lomagne
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1311
  • Died in 1373
  • Man
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