Countess of Foix
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House of Foix, 1010-1302

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Ledgarde - - - 1064
husband's accession
1071
husband's death
after 1074 Peter-Bernard
Sicarda - - 1073 1076 or after Roger II
Stephanie de Besalú William II, Count of Besalú
(Bellonids)
- - 1124
husband's death
-
unnamed first wife Roger III
Jimena of Barcelona Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona
Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona
Ramon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1082 , Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and Provence, in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131...


(Barcelona
House of Barcelona
The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 . From the male part they descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wifred the Hairy...

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1117/18 before 8 July 1130 after 1136
Philippa probably a member of the House of Montcada - 1189 27 March 1223
husband's death
- Raymond-Roger
Ermesinda, Viscountess of Castelbón Arnaldo, Viscount of Castelbón - 10 January 1203 27 March 1223
husband's accession
after 28 December 1229 Roger-Bernard II
Ermengarde of Narbonne Aimery III, Viscount of Narbonne
(Lara
House of Lara
The House of Lara or Casa de Lara are a noble family, known from the medieval Kingdom of Castile.Two of its branches, those from the Duke of Nájera and from the Marquis of Aguilar de Campoo were considered Grandees of Spain...

)
- 23 January 1232 26 May 1241
husband's death
-
Brunissenda of Cardona Ramon Folch IV, Viscount of Cardona - 17 February 1231 26 May 1241
husband's accession
24 February 1265
husband's death
1289 Roger IV
Margaret, Viscountess of Béarn Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn
(Montcada)
1245/50 14 October 1252 24 February 1265
husband's accession
3 March 1302
husband's death
after 1310 Roger-Bernard III

House of Foix-Béarn, 1302-1412

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Joan of Artois Philip of Artois
Philip of Artois
Philip of Artois was the son of Robert II of Artois, Count of Artois and Amicie de Courtenay. He was the Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront....


(Artois)
1289 October 1301 3 March 1302
husband's accession
13 December 1315
husband's death
after 24 March 1350 Gaston I
Eleanore de Comminges Bernard VII, Count of Comminges
(Comminges)
1289 1327 26 September 1343
husband's death
after 16 May 1365 Gaston II
Agnes of Navarre Philip III of Navarre
Philip III of Navarre
Philip III , called the Noble or the Wise, Count of Évreux and King of Navarre , was the second son of Louis of Évreux and Margaret of Artois and therefore a grandson of King Philip III of France...


(Evreux
House of Évreux
The House of Évreux was a noble French family, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, which flourished from the beginning of the 14th century to the mid 15th century. A branch of it came to rule the Kingdom of Navarre....

)
after 1337 4 August 1349 December 1362
repudiated
4 February 1396/1400 Gaston III
Joanna of Aragon
Joanna of Aragon, Countess of Foix
Infanta Joanna of Aragon was the only surviving child of John I of Aragon and his first wife Martha of Armagnac. She was a member of the House of Aragon and was Countess consort of Foix by her marriage to Matthew of Foix....

John I of Aragon
John I of Aragon
John I , called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance , but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of...


(Barcelona
House of Barcelona
The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 . From the male part they descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wifred the Hairy...

)
October 1375 4 June 1392 August 1398
husband's death
September 1407 Matthew

House of Foix-Grailly, 1412-1517

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Joan of Navarre
Joan, Heiress of Navarre
Joan of Navarre also known as Jeanne d'Évreux or Joanna was the eldest child of Charles III of Navarre by his wife Eleanor, daughter of Henry II of Castile....

Charles III of Navarre
Charles III of Navarre
Charles III , called the Noble, was King of Navarre from 1387 to his death and Count of Évreux from 1387 to 1404, when he exchanged it for the title Duke of Nemours...


(Évreux
House of Évreux
The House of Évreux was a noble French family, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, which flourished from the beginning of the 14th century to the mid 15th century. A branch of it came to rule the Kingdom of Navarre....

)
1382 12 November 1402 1412
husband's accession
July 1413 John I
John I, Count of Foix
John I, Count of Foix also known as Jean de Foix-Grailly was Count of Foix from 1428 until his death in 1436. He succeeded his mother Isabella, Countess of Foix...

Jeanne d'Albret Charles I of Albret
(Albret)
1403 23 May 1422 1435
Joanna of Urgell James II, Count of Urgell
James II of Urgell
James II was the Count of Urgell , Viscount of Àger, and lord of Antillón, Alcolea de Cinca, and Fraga...


(Barcelona
House of Barcelona
The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 . From the male part they descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wifred the Hairy...

)
1415 May 1436 4 May 1436
husband's death
1446 or after
Eleanor of Navarre
Eleanor of Navarre
Eleanor of Aragon , Regent and the queen regnant of Navarre in 1479...

John II of Aragon
John II of Aragon
John II the Faithless, also known as the Great was the King of Aragon from 1458 until 1479, and jure uxoris King of Navarre from 1425 until his death. He was the son of Ferdinand I and his wife Eleanor of Alburquerque...


(Trastámara)
2 February 1426 30 July 1436 5/28 July 1472
husband's accession
12 February 1479 Gaston IV
Gaston IV, Count of Foix
Gaston IV, Count of Foix, Viscount of Béarn was a French nobleman from Bearn, who founded a brief-ruling dynastic house of the Kingdom of Navarre.He was a son of John I, Count of Foix and Jeanne d'Albret...


House of Albret, 1517-1572

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Marguerite of Angoulême
Marguerite de Navarre
Marguerite de Navarre , also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was the queen consort of Henry II of Navarre...

Charles, Count of Angoulême
Charles, Count of Angoulême
Charles d'Orléans, Count of Angoulême was a member of the French Orléans family descended from Louis I de Valois, Duke of Orléans, who was the son of Charles V of France. He was the son of John, Count of Angoulême and Marguerite de Rohan, and was Count of Angoulême from 1467-1496...


(Valois-Angoulême)
11 April 1492 24 January 1527 21 December 1549 Henry I
Henry II of Navarre
Henry II was the eldest son of John III of Navarre and Catherine I of Navarre, sister and heiress of Francis Phoebus, King of Navarre; he was born at Sangüesa.-King of Navarre:...


House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...

, 1572-1607

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Marguerite of France Henry II of France
Henry II of France
Henry II was King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559.-Early years:Henry was born in the royal Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, the son of Francis I and Claude, Duchess of Brittany .His father was captured at the Battle of Pavia in 1525 by his sworn enemy,...


(Valois)
14 May 1553 18 August 1572 17 December 1599
divorce
27 March 1615 Henry II
Marie de' Medici
Marie de' Medici
Marie de Médicis , Italian Maria de' Medici, was queen consort of France, as the second wife of King Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon. She herself was a member of the wealthy and powerful House of Medici...

Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 to 1587.- Biography :...


(Medici)
26 April 1575 5 October 1600 1607
Foix merged into Crown
3 July 1642

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