besieged in his stronghold of Lectoure. John opened the gates of the city on 5 March 1473 but he died the next day, stabbed by men-at-arms. In Lectoure on 19 August 1469, John married Joan (b. aft. 1454 - d. Pau, aft. 10 February 1476), daughter of Count Gaston IV of Foix and Queen Eleanor of Navarre, later monarch of Navarre. Pregnant at the time of her husband's death, Joan was transported to the castle of Buzet-sur-Tarn and lived still several years, contrary to Père Anselme's suggestion that she was forced to drink a potion (un breuvage) which made her give birth to a stillborn child in ca. April 1473 so that the "race of the Count could be ended" (il ne restât aucun de la race du comte). The title of Count of Armagnac passed, first fruitlessly to his younger brother Charles, and in 1497 to his cousin of the cadet branch, Armagnac-Nemours. His union with his sister Isabelle of Armagnac (b. 1430 - d. Castelnau, 4 August 1476), produced three children: John of Armagnac (d. 1516), Seigneur of Camboulas, married in 1507 with Jeanne de La Tour. No issue. Anthony of Armagnac (d. ca. 1516), called the "Bâtard d'Armagnac". Unmarried and without issue. Rose (or Mascarose) of Armagnac (d. 1526), married in 1498 with Gaspard II de Villemur, Seigneur of Montbrun. She had issue. Quotes A contemporary chronicler described him: "Fire ran in his veins. He was as violent in his desires as imperious in his actions. His physical aspect was not seductive: short and stocky of stature, even pot-bellied, but gifted with great bodily strength. His neck was short, sumounted with an acne-pocked ("bourgeonné") visage, with squinty eyes, crowned by a shock of red hair." References External links "Un vrai feuilleton" documentary history of Jean d'Aramagnac (in French) Jean V Armagnac, Jean V Armagnac, Jean V Counts of Rodez Murdered royalty People murdered in France People convicted of incest Incest