Gaston de Foix (1448 – 25 March 1500),

Earl of Kendal Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

and Count of Benauges, was a French nobleman in the last decades of the Middle Ages. He was a cadet member of the important

Foix Foix (; oc, Fois ; ca, Foix ) is a commune, the former capital of the County of Foix. It is the capital of the department of Ariège as it is the seat of the Préfecture of that department. Foix is located in the Occitanie region of south ...

family in Southern France. He was a son of

John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal Jean de Foix (c. 1415 – 1485) was the Captal de Buch, first Earl of Kendal (Gallicised into "''Comte de Candalle''"), Vicomte de Castillon, Meilles and Comte de Benauges. Biography Jean de Foix was a Gascon noble in the service of the English. ...

and

Margaret Kerdeston Margaret Kerdeston (after 1425 – after 5 December 1485), Countess of Kendal (Candale), was the paternal grandmother of Anne of Foix-Candale, queen of Hungary and Bohemia. Life She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Kerdeston (d. 1446) and Elizabeth ...

. Gaston succeeded as the Count of Benauges in France. As an heir of John de Foix,

, he also continued to claim that English peerage and therefore was styled ''Comte de Candale''. He firstly married ''Infanta''

Catherine of Navarre Catherine ( eu, Katalina, oc, Catarina; 1468 – 12 February 1517), Queen of Navarre, reigned from 1483 until 1517. She was also Duchess of Gandia, Montblanc, and Peñafiel, Countess of Foix, Bigorre, and Ribagorza, and Viscountess of Béar ...

, the youngest daughter of

Gaston IV, Count of Foix Gaston IV (27 November 1422 – 25 or 28 July 1472) was the sovereign Viscount of Béarn and the Count of Foix and Bigorre in France from 1436 to 1472. He also held the viscounties of Marsan, Castelbon, Nébouzan, Villemeur and Lautrec and was ...

, and

Eleanor of Navarre Eleanor of Navarre ( eu, Leonor and es, Leonor) (2 February 1426 – 12 February 1479), was a Navarrese princess and monarch. She served as the regent of Navarre from 1455 to 1479, during the absence of her father, and then briefly as the qu ...

. They had four children: *Gaston de Foix, 3rd Count of Candale. *Jean de Foix, Archbishop of Bordeaux. *Pierre de Foix, died without issue. *

Anne of Foix-Candale Anna of Foix-Candale (1484 – 26 July 1506) was Queen of Hungary and Bohemia as the third wife of King Vladislaus II. Biography Anne was the daughter of Gaston of Foix, Count of Candale and Infanta Catherine of Navarre. Her mother was the you ...

, married King

Vladislaus II of Hungary Vladislaus II, also known as Vladislav, Władysław or Wladislas ( hu, II. Ulászló; 1 March 1456 – 13 March 1516), was King of Bohemia from 1471 to 1516, and King of Hungary and Croatia from 1490 to 1516. As the eldest son of Casimir IV Jagi ...

. In 1494, he remarried with Isabelle of Albret, daughter of

Alain I of Albret Alain I of Albret (1440–1522), called "The Great", was a powerful French aristocrat. He was 16th Lord of Albret, Viscount of Tartas, the 2nd Count of Graves and the Count of Castres. He was the son of Catherine de Rohan and Jean I of Albret.Achil ...

. They had four children: *Alain de Foix, married Françoise dite de Montpezat des Prez. *Louise de Foix (died 1534), married François de Melun, Count of Epinoy and Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. *Amanieu de Foix (died 1541), Bishop of Carcassonne and Mâcon. *Marguerite de Foix. He also had three illegitimate children.

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Gaston Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to: People First name *Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315) *Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343) *Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391) *Gaston ...

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