Genealogy John Muijsers » Gaston van Foix (1448-1500)

Personal data Gaston van Foix 

Source 1
  • He was born in the year 1448.
  • Profession: graaf van Candale, earl van Kendal, graaf van Benauges.
  • He died on March 25, 1500, he was 52 years old.
  • A child of Jean van Foix and Margaret Kerdeston

Household of Gaston van Foix

(1) He is married to Isabelle d' Albret.

They got married in the year 1494, he was 46 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Louise van Foix  ????-1534
  2. Amanieu van Foix  ????-1541


(2) He is married to Catherine van Foix.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. Anne van Foix-Candale  1484-1506 


Notes about Gaston van Foix

Gaston de Foix (1448 – 25 March 1500), Earl of Kendal and Count of Benauges, was a French nobleman in the last decades of the Middle Ages. He was a cadet member of the important Foix family in Southern France. He was a son of John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal and Margaret Kerdeston.[1] His father was created a Knight of the Garter in 1446.

Gaston succeeded as the Count of Benauges in France. As an heir of John de Foix, Earl of Kendal, he also continued to claim that English peerage and therefore was styled Comte de Candale. He firstly married Infanta Catherine of Navarre, the youngest daughter of Gaston IV, Count of Foix, and Eleanor of Navarre.[2] They had four children:

Gaston de Foix, 3rd Count of Candale.
Jean de Foix, Archbishop of Bordeaux.
Pierre de Foix, died without issue.
Anne of Foix-Candale, married King Vladislaus II of Hungary.[3]
In 1494, he remarried with Isabelle of Albret, daughter of Alain I of Albret. They had four children:

Alain de Foix, married Françoise dite de Montpezat des Prez.
Louise de Foix (died 1534), married François de Melun, Count of Epinoy and Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Amanieu de Foix (died 1541), Bishop of Carcassone and Macon.
Marguerite de Foix.
He also had 3 illegitimate children.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gaston van Foix

Jean van Foix
> 1410-1485

Gaston van Foix
1448-1500

(1) 1494

Isabelle d' Albret
????-

Louise van Foix
????-1534
Amanieu van Foix
????-1541
(2) 

Catherine van Foix
> 1460-< 1494

Anne van Foix-Candale
1484-1506

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Historical events

Day of death March 25, 1500

  • Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1500: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
    • February 17 » Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
    • March 9 » The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
    • August 9 » Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
    • November 11 » Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
    • December 24 » A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.


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