John III of Armagnac was a 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...

, of Fézensac and Rodez

County of Rodez

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 from 1384 to 1391. He was the son of John II of Armagnac

John II of Armagnac

John II, the Hunchback, , Count of Armagnac, of Fézensac, Rodez and Count of Charolais , Viscount Lomagne and Auvillars, he was the son of John I, Count of Armagnac, of Fezensac and Rodez, Viscount Lomagne and Auvillars and Beatrix de Clermont, great-granddaughter of Louis IX of France.During the...

, and Jeanne of Périgord.

In 1390, John claimed the kingdom of Majorca

Kingdom of Majorca

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, but was overcome by the troops of Juan I of Aragon, in a battle near Navata. John III consequently led military actions in Roussillon. In 1391, he had to leave for Italy

Italy

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 in order to come to assistance of Charles Visconti, lord of Parma

Parma

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 and husband of his sister, Beatrix of Armagnac, who was in conflict with his cousin Gian Galeazzo Visconti

Gian Galeazzo Visconti

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, duke of Milan

Milan

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Family

On May 14 1378, John III married Marguerite (1363–1443), countess of Comminges (1363–1443). They had two daughters:

• Jeanne, who married Guillaume-Amanieu de Madaillan (1375–1414) in 1409.
• Marguerite who married Guillaume II, Viscount of Narbonne in 1415. He was killed in the battle of Verneuil, on August 14, 1424).