Astarac

Astarac (French pronunciation: [astaʁak]) is a region in Gascony, a county in the Middle Ages. Astarac was formed as a county out of the partition of the Duchy of Gascony: following the death of García II Sánchez of Gascony, the duchy was partitioned between his sons, with Arnold I, the youngest son, receiving Astarac.

Astarac borders Armagnac to the northwest, the Rivière-Basse [fr] and Bigorre to the west, the Magnoac [fr] to the southeast, and Comminges to the east. Its principal cities are Mirande, Masseube, Miélan, Tournay, Pavie, Idrac-Respaillès, Castelnau-Barbarens, Berdoues, Ponsampère, Mont-d'Astarac, Miramont-d'Astarac, Laas d'Astarac, and Fontrailles.

Counts

Dates should be approached with extreme caution. Usually the exact dates of accession and death are unknown and only floruit dates can be provided. Further, the sources do not always give the same dates.

Count of Asterac

926 – 960 Arnold I Nonat
960 – before 975 Garcie-Arnaud [ru], son
Before 975 – 1022/23 Arnold II [fr; ru], son
1022/23 – c. 1060 William, son
c. 1060 – after 1099 Sancho I, son
After 1099 – 1142 Bernard I [ru], son
1142 – bef. 1153 Sancho II, son
bef. 1153 – c.1176 Bohemond, brother
1174 – 1182 Bernard II, nephew
1183 – ???? Marquesa, cousin, co-countess
1183 – ???? Beatrice, sister, co-countess
???? – 1233 Centule I, son
1233 – 1249 Centule II, son
1249 – 1291 Bernard III, brother
1291 – 1300 Centule III, son
1300 – 1324 Bernard IV, son
1324 – 1326 Bernard V, son
1326 – 1331 Amanieu, brother
1331 – 1363 Centule IV, son
1363 – 1403 John I, son
1398 – 1410 John II, son
1410 – 1458 John III, son
1458 – 1511 John IV, son
1511 – 1569 Martha, daughter

Count of Asterac, Candale and Benauges

1511 – 1536 Gaston, husband
???? – 1528 Charles, son
1528 John I, brother
1528 – 1571 Frederick, brother
1571 John II, son
1571 – 1572 Henry, son
1572 – 1593 Margaret, daughter

References

Père Anselme; Déchaussé, Augustin; M. Du Fourny; Père Ange; Père Simplicien, eds. (1726). "Anciens Comtes d'Astarac". Histoire Généalogique Et Chronologique De La Maison Royale De France, Des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne & de la Maison du Roy: & des anciens Barons du Royaume (in French). Vol. 2 (3rd ed.). Paris: Compagnie des Libraires. pp. 615–620. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
Jaurgain, Jean de (1902). "XVII. Comtes d'Asterac et d'Aure. Comtes de Pardiac". La Vasconie: étude historique et critique sur les origines du Royaume de Navarre (in French). Vol. 2. Pau: Imprimerie Garet. pp. 156–173. Retrieved 24 September 2017. By Jean de Jaurgain [fr].
Guinaudeau, Nicolas (2011–2013). "La famille d'Asterac et la gestion du territoire comtal entre le début du X^e siècle et le milieu du XVI^e siècle". Acta Historica et Archæologica Mediævalia (in French). 31. University of Barcelona: 65–113. ISSN 0212-2960. Retrieved 23 September 2017. Uploaded to RACO [ca].
* "Généalogie des comtes d'Astarac" (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2017.