Count of Foix

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The Count of Foix ruled the County of Foix, in what is now Southern France, during the Middle Ages. The House of Foix eventually extended its power across the Pyrenees mountain range, joining the House of Bearn and moving their court to Pau in Béarn. Count Francis Phoebus became King of Navarre in 1479. The last count was King Henry III of Navarre, after whose accession to the French throne the county entered the French royal domain.

Coat of arms of the Counts of Foix

To this day, the president of France is considered an unofficial successor of the count (as the current ruler of the French state) as co-prince of Andorra.

Gallery of Arms edit

List of counts of Foix edit

House of Foix edit

Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Roger I
1034–1064
?
second son of Bernard-Roger and Garsenda, Countess of Bigorre
never married c. 1064
Pierre-Bernard
1064–1071
?
third son of Bernard-Roger and Garsenda, Countess of Bigorre
Ledgarde
two son
c. 1071
Roger II
1071–1124
?
eldest son of Pierre-Bernard and Ledgarde
(1) Sicarda
1073
no issues
(2) Stephanie of Besalú
four children
c. 1124
Roger III
1124–1148
?
eldest son of Roger II and Stephanie of Besalú
(1) ?
one daughter
(2) Jimena of Barcelona
bef. 8 July 1130
two children
c. 1148
Roger-Bernard I
1148–1188
c. 1130
only son of Roger III and Jimena of Barcelona
Cecilia of Béziers
11 July 1151
five children
November 1188
aged 57–58
Raymond-Roger
1188–1223
  c. 1152
second son of Roger-Bernard I and Cecilia of Béziers
Philippa of Montcada
1189
two children
27 March 1223
Château de Mirepoix
aged 70–71
Roger-Bernard II
1223–1241
  c. 1195
only son of Raymond-Roger and Philippa of Montcada
(1) Ermesinda, Viscountess of Castelbón
10 January 1203
two children
(2) Ermengarde of Narbonne
23 January 1232
one daughter
26 May 1241
aged 45–46
Roger IV
1241–1265
?
only son of Roger-Bernard II and Ermesinda, Viscountess of Castelbón
Brunissenda of Cardona
17 February 1231
five children
24 February 1265
Roger-Bernard III
1265–1302
  c. 1243
eldest son of Roger IV and Brunissenda of Cardona
Margaret, Viscountess of Béarn
14 October 1252
Tarn-et-Garonne
five children
3 March 1302
aged 59

House of Foix-Béarn edit

Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Gaston I
1302–1315
  c. 1287
only son of Roger-Bernard III and Margaret, Viscountess of Béarn
Joan of Artois
October 1301
Senlis
six children
13 December 1315
Maubuisson Abbey, Pontoise
aged 27–28
Gaston II
1315–1343
  c. 1308
eldest son of Gaston I and Joan of Artois
Eleanor of Comminges
1327
one son
26 September 1343
Seville
aged 34–35
Gaston III Phoebus
1343–1391
  30 April 1331
Orthez
only son of Gaston II and Eleanor of Comminges
Agnes of Navarre
Paris
4 August 1349
one son
1 August 1391
L'Hôpital-d'Orion
aged 60
Matthew
1391–1398
c. 1363
second son of Roger Bernard IV, Viscount of Castelbon and Gerauda of Navailles
Joanna of Aragon
4 June 1392
Barcelona
no issues
August 1398
aged 34–35
Isabella
1398–1428
with Archambaud (1398–1412)
with John I (1412–1428)
  bef. 2 November 1361
only daughter of Roger Bernard IV, Viscount of Castelbon and Gerauda of Navailles
1381
five children
c. 1428
aged 46+
Archambaud de Grailly
1398–1412
with Isabella
  c. 1329-1330
second son of Pierre II de Grailly and Erembourga de Périgord
c. 1412
aged 81–83

House of Foix-Grailly edit

Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
John I
1412–1436
with Isabella (1412–1428)
c. 1382
eldest son of Archambaud and Isabella
(1) Joan of Navarre
12 November 1402
Royal Palace of Olite
no issues
(2) Jeanne d'Albret
23 May 1422
two sons
(3) Joanna of Urgell
May 1436
no issues
4 May 1436
Mazères, Ariège
aged 53–54
Gaston IV
1436–1472
  27 November 1422
eldest son of John I and Jeanne d'Albret
Eleanor of Navarre
30 July 1436
ten children
25/28 July 1472
Roncevalles
aged 49
Francis Phoebus
1472–1483
November/December 1466
only son of Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana and Magdalena of Valois
never married 30 January 1483
Pamplona
aged 16
Catherine
1483–1517
with John II
  1468
only daughter of Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana and Magdalena of Valois
14 July 1484
Palacio Real de Olite
thirteen children
12 February 1517
Mont-de-Marsan
aged 48–49
John II
1484–1516
with Catherine
  1469
second son of Alain I of Albret and Françoise, Countess of Périgord
14 June 1516
Château de Pau
aged 46–47

House of Albret edit

Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Henry I
1517–1555
  18 April 1503
Sangüesa
third son of John II and Catherine
Margaret of Angoulême
24 January 1527
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
two children
25 May 1555
Hagetmau
aged 52
Jeanne
1555–1572
with Antoine
  7 January 1528
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
only daughter of Henry I and Margaret of Angoulême
(1) William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
14 June 1541
Château de Châtellerault
no issues
(2) Antoine of Navarre
20 October 1548
Moulins en Bourbonnais, Allier
five children
9 June 1572
Paris
aged 44
Antoine
1555-1562
with Jeanne
  22 April 1518
La Fère, Picardy
second son of Charles, Duke of Vendôme and Françoise of Alençon
Jeanne
20 October 1548
Moulins en Bourbonnais, Allier
five children
17 November 1562
Les Andelys, Eure
aged 44

House of Bourbon edit

Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Henry II
1572–1607
  13 December 1553
Château de Pau
second son of Antoine and Jeanne
(1) Margaret of Valois
18 August 1572
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
no issues
(2) Marie de' Medici
17 December 1600
Lyon
six children
14 May 1610
Paris
aged 56

In 1607 the county of Foix was reunited to the French crown.

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