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Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac (17 October 1739 – 30 December 1798) was a French general and writer. Due to his literary talent, he became a member of the Académie française in 1784. He was elected to the Estates-General of 1789.
His daughter Anicelle inherited the county of Fezensac that passed to the house of Armagnac. Note : In 1777, the Montesquiou family was recognized as descending from the first counts of Fezensac and Louis XVI allowed them to change their name to "de Montesquiou-Fezensac". [1]
The de Montesquiou family is a French noble family stemming from Montesquiou in Gascony whose documented filiation traces back to circa 1190. [1] In the 18th century, the family was recognized as coming in the 11th century from the Counts of Fezensac (extinct in the 12th century).
He was a member of a very old French nobility family from Gascony. His kinsman Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac would serve alongside him in the National Assembly. Montesquiou-Fézensac was named (1782) Abbé of Beaulieu, near Langres. The Abbé de Montesquieu attended the Assembly of the French clergy (1785) as Agent-General.
The County of Armagnac (US: / ˌ ɑːr m ən ˈ j æ k, ˌ ɑːr m ɑː n ˈ j ɑː k /, [1] [2] French: ⓘ; Gascon: Armanhac), situated between the Adour and Garonne rivers in the lower foothills of the Pyrenées, was a historic county of the Duchy of Gascony, established in 601 in Aquitaine (now France).
The only male survivor of the House of Armagnac was, Charles I, Count of Armagnac, Viscount Fezensaguet, who was born in 1425 and died without issue 3 June 1497 in Castelnau-de-Montmiral at the age of 72 years. Charles I of Armagnac was particularly troublesome and King Louis XI had him confined in prison for thirteen years, from 1472 to 1485.