Counts of Comminges

Coat of arms of the counts of Comminges

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

Ancestors

• Lop II, was duke of Gascony around 770. The ancestors of Lop II are not known. It is often claimed that Lop II was related to dukes Odo of Aquitaine and Hunald of Aquitaine, some people even saying that Lop II was the son of Duke Odo of Aquitaine; but no medieval document telling us the family of Lop II has survived.
• Sans I Lop , son of Lop II, duke of Gascony by 801, died circa 812.
• Aznar Sans, son of Sans I Lop, was made count of Vasconia Citerior (i.e. Gascony) by King Pippin I of Aquitaine in 820 and died in 836.

Counts of Comminges

House of Comminges

• 836–846 : 1st Gassia S. and F. Garcia (son of Aznar I Sans of Gascony) viscount of Comminges and viscount of Couserans], also count of Aragon and count of confluent)
• 870–905 : 2nd Aznard II (son of Gassia of Comminges)
• 3rd Lop I Aznar – L. Lupus I Asnarius or F. Loup I Aznard – (son of)
• 4th Aznar II – L. Asnarius II (son of)

The County of Comminges was divided up for a short while, and was co-ruled.

• • 5th Roger I (son of), count of part of Comminges, count of Couserans, establishes the House of Foix, the House of Bigorre and the House of Couserans
  • 5th Arnaud of Comminges (son of) count of part of Comminges, originates the House of Carcassonne

• • 6th Arnaud I (son of Arnaud of Comminges), count of part of Comminges
  • 6th Pierre of Comminges (son of Arnaud of Comminges), count of part of Comminges
  • 6th Roger of Comminges, count of part of Comminges
  • 6th Raimond of Comminges, count of part of Comminges

• • 7th Roger II (son of Roger of Comminges), count of part of Comminges
  • 6th Roger I of Carcassonne, count of part of Comminges
  • 7th Bernard of Comminges, (son of Raimond of Comminges) count of part of Comminges

The County of Comminges was reunited under a single count.

• 1012–1035 : 7th Bernard of Comminges, (son of Raimond of Comminges and only count of Comminges)
• 1058–1070) : 8th Arnaud II (son of previous)
• Roger III (son of previous), count of Comminges (ca. 1073-ca. 1100/1110)
• Bernard I (son of previous), count of Comminges (ca. 1114-ca. 1144)
• Bernard II (son of previous), count of Comminges (ca. 1144-ca. 1153)
• Bernard III (a.k.a. Dodon of Samatan) (brother of previous) (born ca. 1120 – died ca. 1176), count of Comminges (ca. 1153–1175), abdicated in 1175 and became a Knight Templar.
• Bernard IV (son of previous) (born ca. 1150 – died February 22, 1225), count of Comminges (1175–1225)
• Bernard V (son of previous) (born ca. 1195 – died November 30, 1241), count of Comminges (1225–1241)
• Bernard VI (son of previous) (born ca. 1224 – died after 1295), count of Comminges (1241–1295), abdicated in 1295.
• Bernard VII (son of previous) (born 1246 – died July 21, 1312), count of Comminges (1295–1312)
• Bernard VIII (son of previous) (born ca. 1285 – died 1336), count of Comminges (1312–1336)
• Jean I Posthumus (son of previous) (born 1336 – died 1339), count of Comminges (1336–1339)
• Pierre-Raimond I (brother of Bernard VIII) (born ca. 1295 – died April 16, 1341), count of Comminges (1339–1341)
• Pierre-Raimond II (son of previous) (born ca. 1325 – died October 19, 1375), count of Comminges (1341–1375)
• Marguerite (daughter of previous) (born ca. 1363 – died 1443), countess of Comminges (1375–1443), 3rd marriage in 1419 with Mathieu of Foix (younger brother of Count Jean I of Foix, see: List of counts of Foix) (born ? – died 1453), count of Comminges (1419–1453), count of Couserans. Co-ruler of Comminges with his wife, Mathieu of Foix inherited the county for the duration of his life only.

At the death of Mathieu of Foix 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-Termes, 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 ca. 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 , Marshall 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, Marshall 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 lord of Saint-Lary (1840–1894).
• Aimery Elie de Comminges, count of Comminges (1894–1925).
• Bertrand de Comminges, count of Comminges (1925–1987).
• Elie de Comminges, count of Comminges (1987– to date).

External links

• Counts of Comminges. Genealogy