Gaston III (died on or before 1045) was the

Viscount of Béarn A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a Title#Aristocratic titles, title used in certain European countries for a nobility, noble of varying status. The status and any domain held by a viscount is a viscounty. In the case ...

in association with his father Centule IV. His mother was Angela of Oloron. 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 was a duchy located in present-day southwestern France and northeastern Spain, an area encompassing the modern region of Gascony. The Duchy of Gascony, then known as ''Wasconia'', was originally a Franki ...

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