Armand, Seigneur de Sillègue, d'Athos, et d'Autevielle ("Lord of Sillègue

Arbérats-Sillègue

Arbérats-Sillègue is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in south-western France.It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre.-External links:*...

, Athos

Athos-Aspis

Athos-Aspis is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It consists of two villages : Athos and Aspis.Athos is the birthplace of Athos, one of the title characters in the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père. The fictional Athos is named after the...

, and Autivielle

Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren

Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...

"), better known as Armand d'Athos (c

Circa

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. 1615 – December 21, 1643), was a Gascon

Gascony

Gascony is an area of southwest France that was part of the "Province of Guyenne and Gascony" prior to the French Revolution. The region is vaguely defined and the distinction between Guyenne and Gascony is unclear; sometimes they are considered to overlap, and sometimes Gascony is considered a...

 black musketeer

Musketeers of the Guard

The Musketeers of the Guard were a fighting company of the military branch of the Maison du Roi, the Royal Household of the French monarchy.-History:...

 of the Maison du Roi

Maison du Roi

The Maison du Roi was the name of the military, domestic and religious entourage around the royal family in France during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration; the exact composition and duties of its various divisions changed constantly over the Early Modern period...

 in 17th century France

France

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. Athos was the first cousin once removed to the Comte de Troisville and first cousin of Isaac de Porthau

Isaac de Porthau

Isaac de Porthau was a Gascon black musketeer of the Maison du Roi in 17th century France. In addition, he was the first cousin once removed of the Comte de Troisville, captain of the Musketeers of the Guard, and first cousin of Armand d'Athos...

, and with Henri d'Aramitz

Henri d'Aramitz

Henri, Seigneur d'Aramitz was a Gascon abbé, and black musketeer of the Maison du Roi in 17th century France. In addition, he was the nephew of the Comte de Troisville, captain of the Musketeers of the Guard...

 and the latter formed the "three brothers". He served as the inspiration for Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas, père

Alexandre Dumas, , born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world...

's character of the same name

Athos (fictional character)

Olivier d'Athos de la Fère, Comte de la Fère is a fictional character, a Musketeer of the Guard in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père....

 in the d'Artagnan Romances

D'Artagnan Romances

The d'Artagnan Romances are a set of three novels by Alexandre Dumas telling the story of the musketeer d'Artagnan from his humble beginnings in Gascony to his death as a marshal of France in the Siege of Maastricht in 1673....

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Life

Perhaps a nobleman, Athos was born in Béarn

Béarn

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, France

France

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 around 1615 to Seigneur Adrien de Sillègue d'Athos d'Autivielle de Cassaber

Carresse-Cassaber

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 and the sister of the Comte de Troisville.

According to the Mémoires of the Comte d'Artagnan

D'Artagnan

Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalized account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of...

, d'Artagnan saved Athos's life at the Pré aux Clercs. After joining the Musketeers of the Guard

Musketeers of the Guard

The Musketeers of the Guard were a fighting company of the military branch of the Maison du Roi, the Royal Household of the French monarchy.-History:...

 in 1640, Athos maintained his friendship with d'Artagnan.

Athos was killed in combat on December 21, 1643, and was buried at the Pré aux Clercs near Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

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