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This is a list of counts of the County of Comminges.
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This is a list of counts of the County of Comminges.
Aznar I-Sanche was created Count of Gascony by Pepin I, King of Aquitaine, around 820. He made his son Garcia Aznar Viscount of Comminges in 833. When his father died in 836, Garcia Aznar became Count of Comminges and Couseran. [4]
| Ruler | Dates | Gascon line | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garcia Aznar | 836–846 | Comminges line | First known count of Comminges. Garcia descended agnatically from Aznar Sánchez of Gascony. |
| Aznar Garcia | 846–905 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. |
| Lupus I Aznar | 905–935 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. |
| Aznar II | 935–946 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. |
| Arnaud I | 946–957 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. |
| Roger I The Old | 957–1011 | Carcassonne line | Sons of the predecessor, probably ruled jointly. Roger was also the founder of the County of Carcassonne. |
| Arnaud II | 957–988 | Comminges line | |
| Odo | 1011–1035 | Comminges line | Sons of Arnaud II, ruled jointly. |
| Roger II | |||
| Arnaud III | 1035–1070 | Comminges line | Son of Roger II. |
| Roger III | 1035–1105 | Comminges line | Son of Arnaud III. |
| Bernard I | 1105–1145 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. |
| Bernard II | 1145–1153 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. |
| Bernard III | 1153–1176 | Comminges line | Brother of the predecessor, born Dodon de Samatan, later changed his name after his brother's death. |
| Bernard IV | 1176–1225 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. Also, by marriage, Count of Bigorre. |
| Bernard V | 1225–1241 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. |
| Bernard VI | 1241–1295 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. |
| Bernard VII | 1295–1312 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. |
| Bernard VIII | 1312–1336 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. |
| John I The Posthumous | 1336–1339 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. |
| Peter Raymond I | 1339–1341 | Comminges line | Brother of Bernard VIII. |
| Peter Raymond II | 1341–1376 | Comminges line | Son of the predecessor. |
| Margaret | 1376–1443 | Comminges line | Daughter of the predecessor. Co-ruler with her husbands, John III, Count of Armagnac, John of Armagnac (son of Geraud, Viscount of Fezensaguet) and Mathieu of Foix. At his death in 1453, Comminges was reunited to the French crown by King Charles VII of France. |
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At the death of John of Lescun in 1472, the county of Comminges passed to:
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