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.

Coat of arms of the counts of Astarac.

Astarac borders Armagnac to the northwest, the Rivière-Basse and Bigorre to the west, the Magnoac 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, son
• Before 975 – 1022/23 Arnold II, son
• 1022/23 – c. 1060 William, son
• c. 1060 – after 1099 Sancho I, son
• After 1099 – 1142 Bernard I, 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.
• 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.
• * "Généalogie des comtes d'Astarac" (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2017.