Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale
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| Gaston de Foix | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Infanta Catherine of Navarre |
| Noble family | House of Foix |
| Father | John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal |
| Mother | Margaret de la Pole |
| Born | 1448 |
| Died | 25 March 1500 |
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 paternal grandfather Gaston de Foix, Captal de Buch was created a Knight of the Garter in 1438.
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.
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.
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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