Jacques d'Armagnac

Jacques d'Armagnac (* 1433 ; † August 4, 1477 ) was Count of Pardiac from 1462 and Duke of Nemours from 1464. He was the son of Bernard d'Armagnac , Count of Pardiac, and Éléonore de Bourbon , Countess of La Marche and Duchess of Nemours.

In 1462 he married in Poitiers Louise d'Anjou (1445–1477), daughter of Count Charles IV of Maine and Isabella of Luxembourg ; her children were:

• Jacques d'Armagnac († 1477),
• Jean d'Armagnac († 1500), Duke of Nemours and Count of Pardiac,
• Louis d'Armagnac (1472–1503), Duke of Nemours and Count of Guise ,
• Marguerite d'Armagnac († 1503), Duchess of Nemours, Countess of Guise, ⚭ Pierre I. de Rohan (1451–1513), Seigneur de Gié, Marshal of France
• Charlotte d'Armagnac († 1504), Duchess of Nemours, Countess of Guise ⚭ Charles de Rohan († 1528), Seigneur de Gié, son of his brother-in-law Pierre I. de Rohan from his first marriage
• Catherine († 1487), ⚭ 1484 Jean II (* 1426; † 1488), Duke of Bourbon

In his youth he was from King Ludwig XI. showered with favors, and it was he who arranged the marriage with one of his cousins ​​and enfeoffed him with the Duchy of Nemours . Far from showing his appreciation for this, Jacques d'Armagnac joined the king's enemies and also joined the Ligue du Bien public . He was pardoned twice, but besieged and captured the third time in Carlat . Jacques d'Armagnac was brought to the Bastille , where the king locked him in an iron cage. After the condemnation by the Parlement in Paris, he was born on August 4, 1477 executed .

Source edition

• Joël Blanchard (Ed.): Procès de Jacques d'Armagnac. Edition critique du ms. 2000 de la Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève. Droz, Geneva 2012, ISBN 978-2-600-01695-7 .

Web links

• Jacques d'Armagnac, duke de Nemours (britannica.com)
• Le Cauchemar des rois
• Encyclopédie de 1901 Présentation du Cantal