Geraud VI, born about 1235, died in 1285, was Viscount Fezensaguet from 1240 to 1285, then Earl of Armagnac and Fezensac from 1256 to 1285. He was the son of Roger d'Armagnac Vicomte de Fezensaguet and Puelle Albret.
In 1249 he contested the possession of Armagnac and Fézensac to war with Arnaud Odon (1205 † 1256), Viscount and Lomagne Auvillars, husband of Mascarós First Armagnac († 1249), heiress of the counties of Armagnac and Fezensac, and father of Mascarós Lomagne II († 1256). In this war Gerald was supported by his overlord, Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse. Captured, he was released against ransom and continued to fight successfully. During his captivity, his mother, Maid of Albret, made in his name, in honor of Alphonse de Poitiers Fezensaguet successor, Raymond VII, to continue to receive support. It was only in 1255, Gaston, Viscount of Bearn manages to reconcile the adversaries.
In 1256, after the death of childless Mascarós II Lomagne Geraud, being its closest relative, inherited the counties of Armagnac and Fezensac. As a result of multiple disputes with the steward of Languedoc, he was captured and imprisoned two years Castle of Peronne. Freed, he approached Edward I, King of England, to whom he paid homage.
In 1260, he married Mathe de Béarn (1250 † ap.1317), daughter of Gaston, Viscount of Bearn and Mathe, Countess of Bigorre, which gave birth to six children: Bernard
* VI (v.1270 † 1319), Count of Armagnac and Fezensac
* Gaston d'Armagnac (v.1275 † 1320), rod branch of the Viscounts of Fezensaguet
* Roger d'Armagnac († 1339), Archbishop of Auch, Bishop of Laon and Lavaur
* Mascarós Armagnac (v.1285 †), wife of William Arnaud Fumel (v.1280 †), Vicomte de Labarthe and Aure
* Puelle Armagnac (v.1285 † 1313) married to Bernard VIII (v.1285 † 1336), Count of Comminges
Mathe * d Armagnac (v.1285 † 1313) married to Bernard Trenqueléon Lomagne (v.1280 † 1337), Lord of Fimarcon. Some historians add
Eleanor Armagnac Brassac lady, wife of Geraud Galard and Constance d'Armagnac.
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