Count of Foix
The Count of Foix ruled the
French royal domain
.
To this day, the
co-prince of Andorra
.
Gallery of Arms
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Arms of the House of Foix-Béarn
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Arms of the House of Foix-Grailly
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Arms of the House of Foix-Grailly-Navarre
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Arms of the House of Albret
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Arms of the House of Bourbon
List of counts of Foix
House of Foix
- 1010-1034 : Bernard Roger, count of Couserans, count of Bigorre, lord of Comminges and lord of Foix (second son of Roger I of Carcassonne)
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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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
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Gaston I 1302–1315 |
c. 1287 only son of Roger-Bernard III and Margaret, Viscountess of Béarn |
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 | |
Archambaud (1398–1412) (1412–1428)
with John I |
bef. 2 November 1361 only daughter of Roger Bernard IV, Viscount of Castelbon and Gerauda of Navailles |
1381 five children |
c. 1428 aged 46+ | |
c. 1329-1330 second son of Pierre II de Grailly and Erembourga de Périgord |
c. 1412 aged 81–83 |
House of Foix-Grailly
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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John I 1412–1436 with Isabella (1412–1428) |
c. 1382 eldest son of Archambaud and Isabella
|
(1) 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
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Henry I 1517–1555 |
18 April 1503 |
Margaret of Angoulême 24 January 1527 Saint-Germain-en-Laye two children |
25 May 1555 Hagetmau aged 52 | |
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 | ||
Jeanne
|
22 April 1518 Françoise of Alençon
|
five children |
17 November 1562 Les Andelys, Eure aged 44 |
House of Bourbon
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Henry II 1572–1607 |
13 December 1553 Jeanne
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(1) six children |
14 May 1610 Paris aged 56 |
In 1607 the county of Foix was reunited to the French crown.
See also
- Foix
- Castle of Foix
- County of Foix
- List of Co-Princes of Andorra
- Diana of Foix
- List of Navarrese monarchs from the House of Foix
- Navarre monarchs family tree
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