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.

1 List of counts of Foix
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] List of counts of Foix

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)