Armand d'Athos

{{Short description|Gascon Black Musketeer (c. 1615 – 1643)}}

Armand, Seigneur de Sillègue, d'Athos, et d'Autevielle ("Lord of Sillègue, Athos, and Autevielle"), better known as Armand d'Athos (c. 1615 – December 21, 1643), was a Gascon Black MusketeerNote: Black for the color of their horses of the Maison du Roi in 17th-century France. He took his name from the small market town of Athos-Aspis on the Gave d'Oloron, close to Sauveterre-de-Béarn and Autevielle.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mousquetaires.asso.fr/en/athos-porthos-and-aramis.html|title = Athos, Porthos and Aramis|date = 31 August 2015}} Athos was the first cousin once removed to the Comte de Troisville and first cousin of Isaac de Porthau.

According to the semi-fictional Mémoires de M. d'Artagnan, he formed a close friendship with Henri d'Aramitz and the aforementioned de Porthau, and they were called the "three brothers".{{cite book |title=Macmillan's Magazine |last=Masson |first=David |year=1899 |publisher=Macmillan & Co |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_EPeuhhUVAg8C |display-authors=etal}}{{cite book |title=The Three Musketeers |last=Dumas |first=Alexandre |author-link=Alexandre Dumas, père |year=2003 |publisher=Penguin Classics |others=trans. Lord Sudley |chapter=Introduction |isbn=9780140440256 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fUo2lcPgXEwC }} He served as the inspiration for Alexandre Dumas's character Athos in The d'Artagnan Romances.