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Roger-Bernard V Of Foix, Viscount Of Castelbon
Roger-Bernard IV de Foix ({{circa 1330 – 1381) was viscount of Castelbon. He was the son of Roger Bernard IV of Foix, viscount of Castelbon and Constance de Luna. He was the eighth degree ancestor of King Henry IV of France.Anne Berdoy & Jeanne-Marie Fritz, ''Mont-de-Marsan'', ''Atlas historique des villes de France'', XII c., les prémices de la ville, Ausonius éditions, septembre 2018 Biography He was the youngest of the sons of Roger-Bernard IV de Foix, viscount of Castelbon and Constance de Luna, and obtained the viscountcy of Castelbòn (''Castelbò'' in Catalan) and the other Catalan lands. Marriage and issue He married Géraude de Navailles; from this marriage were born: * Matthew (died 1398), he succeeded Gaston III, Count of Foix (his first cousin once removed) as count of Foix. * Isabella 1361–1428, she succeeded her brother as countess of Foix. Married to Archambaud of Grailly viscount of Castillon & Gruson and they found the branch of Foix-Grailly. ** John I, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Bernard IV Of Foix, Viscount Of Castelbon
Roger Bernard IV of Foix (1310 - 1350) was viscount of Castelbon and other Catalan lands bequeathed by his parents Gaston I of Foix viscount of Foix and Bearn (died 1315) and Jeanne of Artois (died after 1350).Anne Berdoy & Jeanne-Marie Fritz, ''Mont-de-Marsan, Atlas historique des villes de France'', XII c., les prémices de la ville, Ausonius éditions, septembre 2018 Biography He is the youngest of the sons of Gaston I of Foix-Béarn, and obtained the viscountcy of Castelbòn (Castellbò in Catalan) and the other Catalan lands, subject to paying homage to the elder branch, bequeathed to his elder brother, Gaston II of Foix-Béarn (1308-1343). From Roger-Bernard IV thus comes the stem of Foix-Castelbon, which will later give the last counts of Foix of the first house, his grandchildren: Mathieu de Foix-Castelbon, then his sister, Isabelle de Foix-Castelbon, who married to Archambault de Grailly, capital of Buch. Marriage and children He was married to Constance de Luna (†1353 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry IV Of France
Henry IV (; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry (''le Bon Roi Henri'') or Henry the Great (''Henri le Grand''), was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. He pragmatically balanced the interests of the Catholic and Protestant parties in France, as well as among the European states. He was assassinated in Paris in 1610 by a Catholic zealot, and was succeeded by his son Louis XIII. Henry was baptised a Catholic but raised as a Huguenot in the Protestant faith by his mother, Queen Jeanne III of Navarre. He inherited the throne of Navarre in 1572 on his mother's death. As a Huguenot, Henry was involved in the French Wars of Religion, barely escaping assassination in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. He later led Protestant forces against the French royal army. Henry inherited the thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew, Count Of Foix
Matthew ( 1363 – 1398) was a count of Foix and viscount of Béarn. He was son of Roger-Bernard V of Foix viscount of Castelbon and Géraude de Navailles. In 1391 he succeeded Gaston Phoebus, his first cousin once removed, as count. He asserted the sovereignty of Béarn and, as son-in-law of John I, contested the Crown of Aragon with John's brother Martin I from 1396. He and his wife, Joanna, had no children. Accession to office Despite his pursuit for sovereignty, Gaston Phoebus ultimately bequeathed the lordship of Béarn to the king of France. On 8 August 1391, Béarnese leaders duly gathered in Orthez and designated representatives, establishing the Estates-General of Béarn. They also elected Matthew de Castellbo as new legitimate lord of Béarn, also imposing on him the need to obtain from the king of France, Charles VI, the renunciation of the recent Treaty of Toulouse whereby the French monarch would gain access to the lordship of Béarn. Matthew manoeuvred quickl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston III, Count Of Foix
Gaston III, known as Gaston Phoebus or Fébus (30 April 1331 – 1 August 1391), was the eleventh Count of Foix (as Gaston III) and twenty-fourth Viscount of Béarn (as Gaston X) from 1343 until his death. Due to his ancestral inheritance, Gaston III was overlord of about ten territories located between the and Languedoc. He took advantage of the Hundred Years' War to establish his domination over the , playing on the conflicts between French and English monarchies. He authored the ''Livre de chasse'', a famous illustrated manuscript on Medieval hunting, hunting. The only legitimate child of Gaston II, Count of Foix and , Gaston inherited a fragmented territory that partly depended on the kings of France and the kings of England. Playing on the Hundred Years' War, Franco-English conflict, he claimed sovereignty over Béarn on 25 September 1347. He won decisive victories against the House of Armagnac (the ancestral enemies of his house), thus ensuring the union between Béarn a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella, Countess Of Foix
Isabella of Foix also known as Isabella of Foix-Castelbon (before 2 November 1361 – 1428) was sovereign Countess of Foix and Viscountess of Béarn from 1399 until 1428. She was Countess of Foix in her own right, but shared power with her husband and later with her son. She succeeded as countess along with her husband upon the death of her childless brother Matthew. Life Isabella was the daughter of Roger-Bernard V of Foix, Viscount of Castelbon and his wife Gerauda of Navailles. She was the eldest of three children, her two brothers were the aforementioned Matthew and Roger Bernard, who died young. Isabella married in 1381 to Archambaud de Grailly. Countess of Foix After the death of her younger brother Matthew in 1398, who had tried to claim the Aragonese crown for his wife Joanna, Isabella was the last living member of the House of Foix and was heir of a large ownership which focused especially on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees. This heritage was to be denied to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archambaud Of Grailly
Archambaud de Grailly (1330 – 1412) was Viscount of Castillon and Gruson from 1356 until his death, and from 1369 Count of Bénauges and Captal de Buch. He was the younger son of Peter II of Grailly and his wife, Rosamburge of Périgord and was Count of Foix by his marriage to Isabella, Countess of Foix. Background and Hundred Years' War Archambaud was a descendant of the noble House of Grailly, originally based at Lake Geneva. Archambaud's father, however, joined the service of King Edward III of England and was employed with the governorship in the south of the Guyenne ( Capitalate de Buch), where the Grailly family proved themselves loyal in the Hundred Years' War against France. After the death of his father, Archambaud inherited control over Castillon and Gruson. A little later, Archambaud fought, together with his nephew, Jean III de Grailly, on 19 September 1356, at the victorious Battle of Poitiers, where the King of France, John II was captured by the En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John I, Count 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 Isabella, Countess of Foix. His father was Archambaud de Grailly. 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 Marti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, by virtue of the county of Foix, co-prince of Andorra. From 1447 he was also Viscount of Narbonne. Through his marriage to Eleanor, heiress of the Kingdom of Navarre, he also held the title of Prince of Navarre. Gaston was a son of John I, Count of Foix and Jeanne d'Albret. His maternal grandparents were Charles d'Albret, Constable of France and co-commander of the French army, killed at the Battle of Agincourt, and his wife Marie de Sully. Gaston married Infanta Eleanor of Navarre in 1441. Her parents were John II and Blanche I of Navarre. At the time, Eleanor appeared to have few prospects: her father was a younger son and brother of kings of Aragon, and she had two older siblings, Charles and Blanche, standing between hersel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occitan Nobility
Occitan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain. * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France. * Occitan language, spoken in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain. * Occitans The Occitans () are a Romance-speaking ethnic group originating in the historical region of Occitania (southern France, northeastern Spain, and northwestern Italy and Monaco). They have been also called Gascons, Provençals, and Auvergnats.The O ..., people of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain. {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
