Gaston III (died on or before 1045) was the

Viscount of Béarn A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...

in association with his father Centule IV. His mother was

Angela of Oloron {{Short description, 11th century French noblewoman Angela of Oloron (French: ''Angela d’Oloron'': 11th-century) was a French noblewoman, Lady of Oloron and Viscountess of Béarn by marriage to Centule IV, Viscount of Béarn. Life Angela was m ...

. Despite the fact that he predeceased his father,

Pierre de Marca Pierre de Marca (24 January 1594 – 29 June 1662) was a French bishop and historian, born at Gan in Béarn of a family distinguished in the magistracy. His family was known among judicial circles in the 16th century, and maintained the ...

proposed the hypothesis that he was associated with his father in the seventeenth century. Because he appears in the chronicles with an ordinal, this hypothesis is generally accepted by historians today. Around 1030, he married the important Gascon lady Adalais (sister of the future

duke of Gascony The Duchy of Gascony or Duchy of Vasconia ( eu, Baskoniako dukerria; oc, ducat de Gasconha; french: duché de Gascogne, duché de Vasconie) was a duchy located in present-day southwestern France and northeastern Spain, an area encompassing the m ...

and the viscount of Lomagne), with whom he had three children: * Centule V, who succeeded Centule IV *Oliva *Reina

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Viscounts of Béarn Year of birth missing 11th-century deaths {{France-noble-stub