John I, Count of Foix
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John I | |
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Count of Foix | |
Reign | 1412-1436 |
Born | 1382 |
Died | 4 May 1436 (aged 53–54) Archambaud de Grailly |
Mother | Isabella, Countess of Foix |
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
Life
Early life
As a result of the Treaty of Tarbes signed on 10 May 1399, John's parents were given possession of the County of Foix, but it required that his father renounce his English alliance, and it stipulated that John and one of his brothers were to be sent as hostages to the Royal Court of France to ensure observance of the terms of the treaty. On 24 April 1406 Charles VI of France recognised John as heir to the County of Foix and he was also involved in several operations against the English: the Siege of Bordeaux in 1404-1405 and the Seat of Blaye in 1406. In 1409, John accompanied King Martin of Aragon on an expedition to Sardinia against the Genoese at the Battle of Sanluri on 30 May 1409 and returned to Foix in September.
Aragon
When Martin died on 31 May 1410 without surviving children, two princes tried to claim the succession:
John fought with Aragon against Castile, but helped his brother Peter, Cardinal of Foix and Arles, to crush insurgents from Aragon.
Count of Foix
John's father Archambaud died in 1412, John then became Count of Foix;[1] he was co-ruler of Foix with his mother Isabella until her death in 1428.
In 1402, John married Joan, eldest daughter of Charles III of Navarre; two months after the wedding, she was formally recognised as heiress presumptive of Navarre.[2] Navarre would have become part of the Foix inheritance if John and Joan had children, but they failed to produce children and Joan died in July 1413.[2]
During the
John became
Although John was sided with the French at the time, he did not take part in the Battle of Agincourt; the French army suffered a crushing defeat by the English forces commanded by King Henry V. John's brother Archambaud was killed during the battle.
John died 4 May 1436 and was succeeded by his son Gaston.
Family
John married firstly to Joan of Navarre in 1402;[2] they had no children.
John married secondly in 1422 to Jeanne d'Albret.
- Gaston (27 November 1422 - 25 July/28 July 1472),[4] succeeded his father and married Eleanor of Navarre (niece of John's first wife).
- Peter (died 1454) Viscount of Lautrec
After Jeanne's death, John married thirdly in 1436 to Joanna, daughter of
John had four children by unknown mistresses:
- Isabella (died 1486) married 11 May 1443 to Bernard, Baron de Cauna and had issue
- Bernard, Seigneur de Gerderest married Praxede de Caramany
- John, Baron de Miossens and Sénéchal de Béarn
- Peter, Abbot of Sainte-Croix, Bordeaux
References
- ^ Sumption 2016, p. 329.
- ^ a b c Woodacre 2013, p. 84-85.
- ^ Biu 2002, p. 453.
- ^ Lewis 1985, p. 38.
Sources
- Biu, Hélène (2002). "Du panégyrique à l'histoire : l'archiviste Michel de Bernis, chroniqueur des comtes de Foix (1445)". Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes (in French). 160 (2): 385–473. .
- Lewis, P.S. (1985). "Le Dragon de Mauvezin et Jean I Comte de Foix (1412-36)". Essays in Later Medieval French History (in French). The Hambledon Press. pp. 37–40.
- Sumption, Jonathan (2016). Cursed Kings: The Hundred Years War IV. Faber & Faber.
- Woodacre, Elena (2013). The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512. Palgrave Macmillan.