John III, Count of Armagnac

Who was John III, Count of Armagnac?

John III of Armagnac was a count of Armagnac, of Fézensac and Rodez from 1384 to 1391. He was the son of John II of Armagnac, and Jeanne of Périgord.

In 1390, John claimed the kingdom of Majorca, but was overcome by the troops of Juan I of Aragon, in a battle near Navata. John III consequently led military actions in Roussillon. In 1391, he had to leave for Italy in order to come to assistance of Charles Visconti, lord of Parma and husband of his sister, Beatrix of Armagnac, who was in conflict with his cousin Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke of Milan.