Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac

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Bernard d'Armagnac

Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac (died 1462) was a younger son of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac [1] and Bonne of Berry.

Bernard fought at the Battle of Patay in 1429. That year he married Eleanor of Bourbon-La Marche, daughter and ultimately heir of James II, Count of La Marche. [2] Count James was the consort of Queen Joanna II of Naples. [3] Bernard served as lieutenant-general in La Marche and governor of Limousin in 1441, and later as lieutenant-general of Languedoc and Roussillon in 1461.

Bernard was the father of:

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Preceded by Count of Pardiac
1424–1462
Succeeded by
Preceded by Count of Castres and La Marche
1438–1462
With: Eleanor