Jean III (Armagnac)
Jean III (* around 1359 - † July 25, 1391 in Alessandria , Lombardy ), Count of Armagnac and Rodez , was the son of Count Jean II , called le Bossu (the hunchback), and Jeanne de Périgord.
He married in 1378 Marguerite de Boulogne, Countess of Comminges (1363-1443). In 1390 he raised claims to the Kingdom of Mallorca , but was defeated by the troops of King John I of Aragon near Navata .
After he and his army had stayed in Roussillon for a while , he had to go to Italy in 1391 to assist his brother-in-law Carlo Visconti, Lord of Parma and husband of his sister Béatrice, against Gian Galeazzo Visconti , Duke of Milan .
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| SURNAME | Jean III |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Armagnac |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1359 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1391 |
| Place of death | Alessandria , Lombardy |