Astarac county
The southern French region Astarac was in medieval times a county and consisted of the northern part of present-day departments of Hautes-Pyrenees and from the southern part of the Département Gers . The main town of the county was Mirande . In the north it bordered the counties of Fézensac and Armagnac , in the east on Comminges , in the south on the Quatre-Vallées and in the west on Bigorre .
The county came into being after the division of the Duchy of Gascony under the three sons of Duke García des Krummen in 926. While the eldest, Sancho IV , kept most of the duchy, the two younger counties were established. Wilhelm García received Fézensac and Arnaud García received Astarac.
List of the Counts of Astarac
First count's house
- 926-960: Arnaud I. García
- 960–1000: Garcia son
- 1000-1023: Arnaud II son
- 1023-1040: Wilhelm I son
- 1040-1083: Sancho I son
- 1083 - ???? Wilhelm II son
- ???? - 1142: Bernard I brother
- 1142–1174: Sancho II son
- 1142–1174: Bohemond brother
- 1174–1182: Bernard II. Son of Sancho II.
- 1182-1183: Bohemond
- 1183 - ????: Marquesa daughter
- 1183–1200: Beatrix's sister
Second count house
- 1200–1233: Centulle I son of Countess Beatrix and Roderic
- 1233-1249: Centulle II son
- 1249-1291: Bernard III. Brothers
- 1291-1300: Centulle III. son
- 1300–1324: Bernard IV son
- 1324–1326: Bernard V. Son
- 1326–1331: Amanieu brother
- 1331–1368: Johann I son
- 1368–1410: Johann II son
- 1410-1458: John III. son
- 1458–1511: Johann IV. Son
- 1511–1569: Marthe's daughter
House Grailly
- ???? - 1528: Karl son of Countess Marthe and Gaston III. de Grailly, Captal de Buch
- 1528–1528: Johann V. Brother
- 1528–1571: Friedrich brother
- 1571–1571: John VI. son
- 1571–1572: Heinrich Bruder
- 1572–1593: Margarethe daughter