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Brunissende of Foix (died September 1324) was Countess of Périgord by marriage to Count Elias VII. According to several sources, Brunissende had influence in the politics of the newly formed Avignon Papacy due to her close relationship with Pope Clement V. This arrangement supposedly enabled Brunissende to ensure a clerical career for her son ...
Raimond Roger ( French: Raymond-Roger; Occitan: Ramon Roger) (died 27 March 1223) was the sixth Count of Foix from the House of Foix. He was the son and successor of Roger Bernard I and his wife Cécilia Trencavel. When Raimond Roger and Arnaud, viscount of Castelbon, wished to join their possessions, the Count Ermengol VIII of Urgell and ...
1441 (sole heiress' death) The House of Évreux was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal house of France, which flourished from the beginning of the 14th century to the mid 15th century. It became the royal house of the Kingdom of Navarre .
Seal of 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.
The Foix-Béarn family was linked to all the southern families: Majorca, Narbonne, Armagnac and even Aragon. Gaston II's mother, Joan of Artois, was the great-granddaughter of Robert I, Count of Artois, brother of Saint Louis. This French princess brought the prestige of the royal house to Foix-Béarn but also many worries.
Coordinates: 42°57′56″N 1°36′18″E. Château de Foix. The Château de Foix ( Languedocien: Castèl de Fois) is a castle which dominates the town of Foix in the French département of Ariège. An important tourist site, it is known as a centre of the Cathars. It has been listed since 1840 as a monument historique by the French Ministry ...
Isabeau of Brittany. House. Foix-Grailly. Father. Gaston IV, Count of Foix. Mother. Eleanor of Navarre. Margaret of Foix (French: Marguerite de Foix; c. 1449 [1] – 15 May 1486 [2]) was Duchess of Brittany from 1474 to 1486 by marriage to Duke Francis II .
