Gaston, Prince of Viana, also called Gaston de Foix (, , , 1445 – 23 November 1470), was the son and heir of

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, and Infanta Eleanor of Navarre (later

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). As the expected successor to his mother and his grandfather, John II of Navarre, he was called '' Prince of Viana''. Gaston married Magdalena of Valois, a daughter of

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and

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on 7 March 1461 at

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. They had two children: * Francis Phoebus, 1467–1483, King of Navarre 1479–1483 *

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, 1470–1517, Queen-regnant of Navarre 1483–1517 Gaston died in 1470 from wounds received in a jousting tournament in

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, before his accession to the throne of

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. Consequently, his children rose to the throne successively, but it was Gaston's wife Magdalena who actually pulled the strings of the crown until 1494.

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* * {{Authority control 1445 births 1470 deaths House of Foix House of Grailly Navarrese infantes People from Libourne Foix, Gaston of Sons of queens regnant