Bernard I called the Suspicious, was the first Count of Armagnac

Count of Armagnac

The following is a list of rulers of the county of Armagnac:-House of Armagnac:*William Count of Fézensac and Armagnac ?– 960*Bernard the Suspicious, First count privative of Armagnac 960– ?*Gerald I Trancaléon ? –1020*Bernard I Tumapaler 1020–1061...

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He was the second son of William Garcés of Fézensac

William Garcés of Fézensac

William García was a Count of Fézensac. He was the second son of García II of Gascony and Amuna....

. When William died in 960, he divided his county up, giving Fézensac to his eldest son Odo

Odo of Fézensac

Odo was the second Count of Fézensac from 960 to his death.Odo was the eldest son and successor of William Garcés. Odo's younger brother Bernard received Armagnac in a partition of their father's territory....

, Armagnac to Bernard, and Gause

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to the youngest son Fredelon.

For his many sins, Bernard planned a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, but never accomplished the feat. Instead, he founded the basilica

Basilica

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 of Saint-Orens

Saint-Orens

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 at Auch

Auch

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. His son Gerald

Gerald I of Armagnac

Gerald I Trancaleon was the Count of Armagnac from 995 until his death. He was the son and successor of Bernard I....

succeeded him.

Sources

• Monlezun, Jean Justin. Histoire de la Gascogne. 1846.