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County of Comminges
Origins
Counts of Comminges appear in the early 10th century, governing the upper Garonne valley around the old Roman town of Lugdunum Convenarum, later Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges. They were related to the counts of Couserans and Carcassonne and drifted into the orbit of the counts of Toulouse.
Rule and society
Comminges was a mountainous land of pastoral farming, small towns and pilgrimage, centred on the cathedral of Saint-Bertrand. The counts later held Muret near Toulouse. Count Bernard IV joined Raymond VI of Toulouse against the crusaders and was present at the battle of Muret in 1213, where Peter II of Aragon was killed.
Decline and legacy
The comital line ended with Countess Marguerite, whose disputed inheritance was settled in favour of the crown; Charles VII annexed Comminges to the Kingdom of France in 1454. The name survives as a region of the Haute-Garonne.
Lineage
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- County of Comminges was a vassal of County of Toulouse1100 CE – 1271 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). County of Comminges. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/county-of-comminges
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