Background
Aramitz was born of noble ancestry to Charles d'Aramitz and Catherine d'Espaloungue de Rague in Béarn, France.
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Henri d'Aramitz
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Aramitz served as the inspiration for Alexandre Dumas's character "Aramis" in the d'Artagnan Romances. His father lived in Paris as maréchal-des-logis for the Musketeers of the Guard, but upon the death of Henri's grandfather, Abbé Pierre d'Aramitz, Charles returned to Béarn and took over his father's abbacy. On this occasion Aramitz had the chance to meet the Comte d'Artagnan.
The "Mémoires de M. d'Artagnan," written by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras, later served as the basis for Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers. In May 1640 Aramitz joined the Musketeers of the Guard. Following his father's death in 1648, he resigned from the Guard and took over as abbé of Béarn.
Sources disagree on his date of death, recorded as either 1655 or 1674.
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Musketeers of the Guard.
