John IV, Count of Armagnac

Jean IV d' Armagnac (* October 15, 1396 in Rodez, † November 5, 1450 in l' Isle- Jourdain ) was from 1418 onwards, Count of Armagnac, FEZENSAC and Rodez. He is the son of Constable Bernard VII of Armagnac and his wife Bonne de Berry, and the brother of Bernard d' Armagnac, Count of La Marche and Pardiac, as well as Duke of Nemours.

Biography

His father had the Comminges to the death of his brother Jean III. forcibly usurped, but Jean IV 1419 could now prevent the remarriage of the sister and heiress Marguerite de Comminges, with Mathieu de Foix, not so that the area was finally lost him.

1425 he did homage for the Armagnac to the king of Castile. The King of France, who was involved in his fight against the British, could not intervene, but did not forget the insult as well. A little later dating Jean IV the marriage of his daughter Isabelle with King Henry VI. of England, the agreement drew but after threats of the French king back. 1440 he took part in the Praguerie, the conspiracy of the nobility, with the participation of the Dauphin, the future King Louis XI. , Which ended by King Charles VII after his victory with a pardon for the insurgents. When Jean but still did not want to completely submit, Charles VII sets the Dauphin against his former allies in march. Jean IV was besieged in L' Isle- Jourdain, captured and imprisoned in 1443 in Carcassonne and held for three years. Its counties were now administered by royal officials, followed by his death did not change even after his release and up.

Progeny

On June 16, 1407, Jean IV de Bretagne in Nantes Blanche (* 1395, † 1419 ), married a daughter of Duke John IV and Jeann d' Évreux. From this marriage he had a daughter, Bonne (* 1416, † before 1448 ). His second wife he married on May 10, 1419 Isabella of Navarre, (* 1395, † 1450 ), daughter of King Charles III. and Eleanor of Castile. Children from this marriage were:

  • Marie ( * 1420, † 1473 ) ∞ 1437 Jean II (* 1409, † 1476 ), Duke of Alençon.
  • Jean V. (* 1420, † 1473 ), Vicomte de Lomagne, then Comte d' Armagnac, de FEZENSAC et de Rodez.
  • Éléonore (* 1423, † 1456 ) ∞ 1446 Louis de Chalon ( 1389 † 1463 ), Prince d'Orange, Seigneur d' Arlay et d' Arguel.
  • Charles I. (* 1425, † 1497 ), Vicomte de Fézensaguet, then Comte d' Armagnac, de FEZENSAC et de Rodez.
  • Isabelle ( * 1430 † 1476 ), Dame des Quatre - Vallées.
Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac La Marche, Nièvre John III, Count of Armagnac Henry VI of England Dauphin of France Louis XI of France Charles VII of France John IV, Duke of Brittany
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