Counts of Comminges explained

This is a list of counts of the County of Comminges.

Counts of Comminges

House of Comminges

Aznar I-Sanche was created Count of Gascony by Pepin I, King of Aquitaine, around 820. He made his son Garcia Aznar Viscount of Comminges in 833. When his father died in 836, Garcia Aznar became Count of Comminges and Couseran.^[1]

Ruler	Dates	Gascon line	Notes
	836–846	Comminges line	First known count of Comminges. Garcia descended agnatically from Aznar Sánchez of Gascony.
	846–905	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor.
	905–935	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor.
	935–946	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor.
	946–957	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor.
Roger I The Old	957–1011	Carcassonne line	Sons of the predecessor, probably ruled jointly. Roger was also the founder of the County of Carcassonne.
Arnaud II	957–988	Comminges line
Odo	1011–1035	Comminges line	Sons of Arnaud II, ruled jointly.
Roger II
	1035–1070	Comminges line	Son of Roger II.
	1035–1105	Comminges line	Son of Arnaud III.
	1105–1145	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor.
	1145–1153	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor.
	1153–1176	Comminges line	Brother of the predecessor, born Dodon de Samatan, later changed his name after his brother's death.
	1176–1225	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor. Also, by marriage, Count of Bigorre.
	1225–1241	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor.
	1241–1295	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor.
	1295–1312	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor.
	1312–1336	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor.
	1336–1339	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor.
	1339–1341	Comminges line	Brother of Bernard VIII.
	1341–1376	Comminges line	Son of the predecessor.
	1376–1443	Comminges line	Daughter of the predecessor. Co-ruler with her husbands, John III, Count of Armagnac, John of Armagnac (son of Geraud, Viscount of Fezensaguet) and Mathieu of Foix. At his death in 1453, Comminges was reunited to the French crown by King Charles VII of France.

House of Lescun

In 1462, the king of France Louis XI detached the county of Comminges from the royal domain and gave it to his friend.

• 1462–1472 : Jean de Lescun (illegitimate son of Arnaud-Guillaume of Lescun, bishop of Aire, and of Anne of Armagnac, born ? – died 1472, known as the Bastard of Armagnac, Marshal of France)

House of Aydie

At the death of John of Lescun in 1472, the county of Comminges passed to:

• 1472–1498 : Odet of Aydie (husband of Marie of Lescun, heiress of Lescun as daughter of Mathieu of Lescun, himself probably a cousin of John of Lescun, born c. 1425 – died 1498, constable of France, supreme commander of the French army and close advisor of Louis XI)

In 1498, at the death of Odet of Aydie, who did not have a son, king Louis XII of France definitely reunited the county of Comminges to the French crown. The descendants of Odet of Aydie's daughter continued to carry the title of count of Comminges.

House of Foix-Lautrec

• Jean of Foix-Lautrec, count of Comminges (1472–1494).
• Odet de Cominges, count of Comminges, Marshal of France (1494–1528).
• Enrique de Foix-Lautrec, count of Comminges (1528–1540).
• Claudia de Foix-Lautrec, contesse of Rethel, of Cominges, of Beaufort in Champagne, vicecontesse of Lautrec (1540–1553).

House of La-Barthe

• Paul of La Barthe, lord of Termes in Couserans, Marshal of France. count of Comminges (1552–1565).

House of Comminges-Guitaut

• Gaston of Comminges, count of Comminges (1638–1670).
• Louis of Comminges, count of Comminges (1670–1712).

House of Comminges-Lastronque

• Roger James of Comminges, count of Comminges (1718–1785).
• Roger Louis of Comminges, count of Comminges (1785–1789).
• Roger Aymeric of Comminges, count of Comminges (1789–1840).

House of Comminges-Saint-Lary

• Elie de Comminges, count of Comminges and Baron Saint-Lary (1840–1894).
• Aimery Elie de Comminges, count of Comminges and Baron Saint-Lary (1894–1925).
• Bertrand de Comminges, count of Comminges and Baron de Saint-Lary(1925–1987).
• Aimery Bertrand Geoffroy Elie de Comminges, count of Comminges (1925-1994)
• Jean-Odon de Comminges, count of Comminges (1987–2015).
• Aimery Fouré-de Comminges, count of Comminges (2011-)

External links

• Counts of Comminges. Genealogy

Notes and References

1. Jean de Jaurgain (1902) La Vasconie – Étude historique et critique. Genealogical Tables XXV and XXVI. Imprinterie Garet, Pau