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COUNTS OF FOIX

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Coat of arms of the counts of Foix
The 'counts of Foix' ruled the independent County of Foix, in what is now southern France, during the Middle Ages. Later they extended their power to almost the entire Pyrenees mountain range, moving their court to Pau, in Béarn, until eventually the last count of Foix acceded to the French throne as King Henry IV of France.

Contents
List of counts of Foix
House of Foix
House of Foix-Béarn
House of Foix-Grailly
House of Albret
House of Bourbon
See also
External link

List of counts of Foix


House of Foix

:''Main article: ''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)

1034-1067 : 1st count Roger I (second son of)

1067-1124 : 2nd count Roger II (cousin of, also count of Couserans)

1124-1148 : 3rd count Roger III (son of, also count of Couserans)

1148-1188 : 4th Roger-Bernard I - ''Roger-Bernard the Fat'' (son of)

1188-1223 : 5th Raimond-Roger (son of)

1223-1241 : 6th Roger-Bernard II - ''Roger-Bernard the Great'' (son of)

1241-1265 : 7th Roger IV (son of)

1265-1302 : 8th Roger-Bernard III (son of, also viscount of Béarn)
House of Foix-Béarn

:''Main article: ''House of Foix-Béarn''


1302-1315 : 9th Gaston I of Foix-Béarn (son of, also viscount of Béarn)

1315-1343 : 10th Gaston II of Foix-Béarn (son of, also viscount of Béarn)

1343-1391 : 11th Gaston III of Foix-Béarn - ''Phoebus of Foix-Béarn'' (son of, also viscount of Béarn)

1391-1398 : 12th Mathieu of Foix-Castelbon (son of Roger Bernard II, viscount of Castelbon, who was son of Roger Bernard I, viscount of Castelbon, who was younger brother of Gaston II of Foix-Béarn, also viscount of Béarn and viscount of Castelbon)

1398-1412 : 13th Isabelle of Foix-Castelbon (sister of, also viscountess of Béarn and viscountess of Castelbon, married Archambaud of Grailly)
House of Foix-Grailly

:''Main article: ''House of Foix-Grailly''


1412-1436 : 14th John I (son of, also viscount of Béarn, viscount of Villemur and count of Bigorre)

1436-1472 : 15th Gaston IV (son of, also viscount of Béarn, viscount of Nébouzan and count of Bigorre, married Eleanor of Navarre, queen of Navarre)

1479-1483 : 16th Francis Phoebus (son of Gaston of Foix, prince of Viane, also king of Navarre, count of Bigorre, viscount of Béarn)

1483-1517 : 17th Catherine (sister of, also queen of Navarre, countess of Bigorre, dame of Béarn, married John of Albret, king of Navarre
''In 1512 Ferdinand II of Aragon conquered the kingdom of Navarre, and so the title of king of Navarre became an empty title.''
House of Albret

:''Main article: ''House of Albret and Albret''


1517-1555 : 18th Henri I (son of, also king of Navarre, prince of Béarn, duke of Albret, count of Bigorre)

1555-1572 : 19th Jeanne (daughter of, queen of Navarre, princess of Béarn, duchess of Albret, countess of Bigorre, married Anthony of Bourbon)
House of Bourbon

:''Main article: ''House of Bourbon''


1572-1607 : 20th Henri II (son of, also king of France, king of Navarre, duke of Bourbon, duke of Vendôme, count of Bigorre)
''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

External link



Histoire des Comtes de Foix

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