Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse; Joan of Artois: Philip of Artois : 1289 October 1301 3 March 1302 husband's accession: 13 December 1315 husband's death: after 24 March 1350 Gaston I: Eleanore de Comminges: Bernard VII, Count of Comminges : 1289 1327 26 September 1343 husband's death: after 16 May 1365 Gaston II: Agnes of Navarre
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 ...
The title of count of Foix was first assumed by Roger of Foix (died ca. 1064), son of Bernard-Roger of Couserans, who was a younger son of Roger I de Cominges, Count of Carcassonne, de Couserans et de Razés, when he inherited the town of Foix and the adjoining lands, which had hitherto formed part of the county of Carcassonne. [2]
Isabella of Foix also known as Isabella of Foix-Castelbon (before 2 November 1361 – 1428) was sovereign Countess of Foix and Viscountess of Béarn from 1399 until 1428. . She was Countess of Foix in her own right, but shared power with her husband and later with her
Joanna of Aragon (October 1375 – September 1407), also known as Joana de Foix, [1] was the only surviving child of John I of Aragon and his first wife Martha of Armagnac. [2] She was a member of the House of Barcelona and was Countess of Foix by her marriage to Matthew of Foix .
Joan of Artois, Countess of Foix, Viscountess of Béarn (French: Jeanne d'Artois; 1289 – after 24 March 1350), was a French noblewoman, and the wife of Gaston I de Foix, Count of Foix, Viscount of Béarn. From 1331 to 1347 she was imprisoned by her eldest son on charges of scandalous conduct, dissolution, and profligacy.
John I, Count of Foix also known as Jean de Foix-Grailly (1382 – 4 May 1436) was Count of Foix from 1428 until his death in 1436. He succeeded his mother Isabella, Countess of Foix . His father was Archambaud de Grailly .
Gaston III, known as Gaston Phoebus or Fébus (30 April 1331 – 1 August 1391), was the eleventh Count of Foix (as Gaston III) and twenty-fourth Viscount of Béarn (as Gaston X) from 1343 until his death.