County of Fézensac
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The County of Fézensac was an eighth-century creation on the north-eastern fringes of the Duchy of Vasconia
Duchy of Vasconia
The Duchy of Vasconia , or Wasconia, was originally a Frankish march formed by 602 to keep the Basques in check. It comprised the former Roman province of Novempopulania and, at least in some periods, also the lands south of the Pyrenees centred on Pamplona.In the ninth century, civil war within...

 following Charlemagne's policy of feudalisation and Frankish colonisation. The movement was aimed to offset and diminish the authority of the duke of Vasconia Lupo II after the setback suffered by the Franks at the Battle of Roncevaux in 778 and failure to restrain the Basques, an advance that clearly displeased the Basques. These policies sparked stir on the banks of the Garonne (Count of Toulouse Chorson defeated by Odalric "Wasco"
Adalric of Gascony
Adalric was probably a Basque count in the late eighth century in Gascony. He has been called a possible Duke of Gascony by some scholars.He was a possible son of Lupo II of Gascony. After Lupo's death, Adalric controlled western Gascony including Lower Navarre, Béarn, and Bigorre...

). The county was appointed to a count called Burgund, who judging by his name was not a Basque. Burgund died about 801 and was replaced by a certain Liutard.

Later in 926
926
Year 926 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* Balhae is conquered by the Khitan....

, after the death of García II, the Fézensac was given as an appanage
Appanage
An apanage or appanage or is the grant of an estate, titles, offices, or other things of value to the younger male children of a sovereign, who would otherwise have no inheritance under the system of primogeniture...

 to García's second-eldest son William
William Garcés of Fézensac
William García was a Count of Fézensac. He was the second son of García II of Gascony and Amuna....

. It included the cities of Vic
Vic-Fezensac
Vic-Fezensac is commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.-Geography:The Auzoue flows north through the western part of the commune and forms most of its north-western border....

 and Auch
Auch
Auch is a commune in southwestern France. Located in the region of Midi-Pyrénées, it is the capital of the Gers department. Auch is the historical capital of Gascony.-The Ausci:...

, its capital, as well as the territory of Armagnac
Armagnac (region)
The hilly countship of Armagnac , in the foothills of the Pyrenées between the Adour and Garonne rivers, is a historic countship of the Duchy of Gascony, established in 601 in Aquitaine...

.

From the house of Fézensac descend the Barons de Montesquiou
Montesquiou family
The House of Montesquiou is the main branch of the Fezensac family, itself being a cadet branch of the House of Gascony. It is one of oldest aristocratic families in Europe....

. The comital name of Fézensac was renewed by Louis XVI in 1777 to be carried by the head of the Montesquiou family.

Counts

  • William Garcés
    William Garcés of Fézensac
    William García was a Count of Fézensac. He was the second son of García II of Gascony and Amuna....

  • Odo Falta
    Odo of Fézensac
    Odo was the second Count of Fézensac from 960 to his death.Odo was the eldest son and successor of William Garcés. Odo's younger brother Bernard received Armagnac in a partition of their father's territory....

  • Bernard Manciat Tinéa
  • Aymeric I
  • William Astanove I
  • Aymeric II
  • Astanove II
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