Skip to content
VitrineRoyal Houses of Europe
Sign in

Gaston IV of Foix

1423–1472

Born
7 Mar 1423
Country of birth
Kingdom of France, today France
Died
19 Jul 1472, Orreaga-Roncesvalles
facts
10
sources
3
images and files
0

Facts and their sources

Tap a fact to see where it comes from.

  • Birth7 Mar 1423Probable1 source
  • TitleFrench co-prince of Andorra, 1436–1472Confirmed1 competing claim1 source
  • Titlecount of Foix, 1436–1472Confirmed1 competing claim1 source
  • Death19 Jul 1472, Orreaga-RoncesvallesProbable1 source
  • ParentJohn I, Count of FoixConfirmed1 source
  • ParentJeanne Ire d'AlbretConfirmed1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Event · French co-prince of Andorra

    Event

  3. Event · count of Foix

    Event

  4. Child born: Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana

    Birth

  5. Child born: Pierre de Foix, le jeune

    Birth, Pau

  6. Child born: John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne

    Birth

  7. Child born: Marie de Foix

    Birth, Carcassonne

  8. Child born: Margaret of Foix

    Birth, Clisson

  9. Child born: Joan of Foix, Countess of Armagnac

    Birth

  10. Child born: Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale

    Birth

  11. Child born: Giacomo di Foix

    Birth

  12. Died · Orreaga-Roncesvalles

    Death, Orreaga-Roncesvalles

What was it like?

The world around 1423: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Gaston was count of Foix from 1436 to 1472.

Known for

Gaston IV was the 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. From 1447, he was also viscount of Narbonne.

Titles held

  • count of Foix1436–1472
  • French co-prince of Andorra1436–1472

Family

Parents

Spouses

Children

Ancestors and children

Open the full tree

Four generations back to the right, the children to the left. The number beside a child counts the generations of descendants known after them.