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'''Gaston de Foix''' (1448 - March 25, 1500) [[Earl of Kendal]] and Count of [[Benauges]], was a French nobleman in the last decades of the Middle Ages.
'''Gaston de Foix''' (1448 - March 25, 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 [[Counts of Foix|Foix]] family in Southern France. He was a son of [[John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal]] and [[Margaret de la Pole]]. His paternal grandfather [[Gaston de Foix, Captal de Buch]] was created a [[List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter|Knight of the Garter]] in 1438.
He was a cadet member of the important [[Counts of Foix|Foix]] family in Southern France. He was a son of [[John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal]] and [[Margaret de la Pole]]. His father was created a [[List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter|Knight of the Garter]] in 1446.


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Gaston succeeded as comte de Benauges in France. He also, as heir of John de Foix, [[Earl of Kendal]], continued to claim that English peerage and therefore was styled ''Comte de Candale''.
His paternal grandfather was also a sibling of [[John I, Count of Foix]]. His great-uncle John married Joan of Albret, daughter of [[Charles d'Albret]], [[Constable of France]] and co-commander of the French army at the [[Battle of Agincourt]] where he was killed, and his wife Marie de Sully.


John I and Joan of Albret were the parents of [[Gaston IV, Count of Foix]] who was the husband of Queen regnant [[Eleanor of Navarre]].
He firstly married [[Infanta Catherine of Navarre]], the youngest daughter of [[Gaston IV, Count of Foix|Gaston IV]], [[Count of Foix]] and [[Eleanor of Navarre]].<br>
They had four children:
*Gaston de Foix, 3rd Count of Candale.
*Jean de Foix, Archbishop of Bordeaux.
*Pierre de Foix, died without issue.
*[[Anne de Foix]], married King [[Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary]].


In 1494, he remarried with Isabelle of Albret, daughter of [[Alain I of Albret]].<br>
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Gaston succeeded as comte de Benauges in France. He also, as heir of Jean de Foix, [[Earl of Kendal]], continued to claim that English peerage and therefore was styled Comte de Candale.
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]].
*Amanjeu de Foix (died 1541), Bishop of Carcassone and Macon.
*Marguerite de Foix.


He also had 3 illegitimate children.
He was given [[Infanta Catherine of Navarre]], the youngest daughter of his prominent kinsman, as wife.

They had a son who succeeded Gaston, and a daughter, [[Anna of Foix-Candale]] who married [[Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary]].
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== references ==
*[http://gw5.geneanet.org/wailly?lang=en;p=gaston;n=de+foix;oc=9 Geneanet]
*[http://genealogy.euweb.cz/foix/foix3.html#G2C Euweb]


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Gaston de Foix
Born1448
Died(1500-03-25)25 March 1500
Noble familyHouse of Foix
Spouse(s)Infanta Catherine of Navarre
FatherJohn de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal
MotherMargaret de la Pole

Gaston de Foix (1448 - March 25, 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 de la Pole. His father was created a Knight of the Garter in 1446.

Gaston succeeded as comte de Benauges in France. He also, as heir of John de Foix, Earl of Kendal, 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.
They had four children:

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.
  • Amanjeu de Foix (died 1541), Bishop of Carcassone and Macon.
  • Marguerite de Foix.

He also had 3 illegitimate children.

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