Gaston II Centule (circa 951 – 1012) was the

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from 996 to his death. He succeeded his father Centule IIIPierre de Marca, ''Histoire de Béarn, contenant l'origine des rois de Navarre, des ducs de Gascogne'', ed. Veuve Jean Camusat, 1640. after the latter's

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at the hands of Lupus the Strong, Lord of

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. Gaston granted the village of

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to the abbey of

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, whose abbot was then García Lupus, his brother. Gaston was succeeded by his then minor son

Centule IV, Viscount of Béarn Centule IV Gaston (died 1058), called the Old, was the seventh Viscount of Béarn from 1012 to his death. He succeeded his father Gaston II while yet a minor, under a regency until 1022. His mother was his father's wife of an unknown name. Rei ...

, under the regency of the boy's mother.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaston 02 Of Bearn 1012 deaths Viscounts of Béarn Year of birth uncertain