Aliénor de Comminges

Aliénor de Comminges (1329–1402) was the fourth daughter of Count Bernard VIII of Comminges. Clement VI bought the viscounty of Turenne from her sister Cécile as a wedding gift for his nephew Guillaume III Roger de Beaufort; they married in 1349–1350.

As viscountess of Turenne and lady of Meyrargues in Provence, Aliénor held the strong castle of Meyrargues and exercised justice there from 1370. Mother of the mercenary captain Raymond de Turenne, she backed his private war against the Anjou rulers of Provence and the Avignon papacy.

In 1385 she sent a barge across the Durance to supply Marie of Blois's opponents at Aix, and she reportedly forced fishmongers carrying Angevin banners as passes to swallow them. She submitted to Marie in 1388 only after a siege, was seized by Marshal Boucicaut in 1399 and held at Aix until 1401. She died in 1402 and was buried there.