Matthew, Count of Foix

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Mathew of Foix
Count of Foix
Reign1391–1398
Bornc. 1363 or after
DiedAugust 1398
Noble familyFoix
Spouse(s)Joanna of Aragon
FatherRoger Bernard IV, Viscount of Castelbon
MotherGerauda of Navailles

Matthew (c. 1363 – 1398) was a Count of Foix and French military leader. In 1391 he succeeded Gaston Phoebus, his first cousin once removed, as Count of Foix. He contested Martin I of Aragon for the throne of Aragon after Martin succeeded John I of Aragon in 1396. His wife Joanna was the elder daughter of John I of Aragon, but she died childless.

Ancestry


Matthew, Count of Foix
Cadet branch of the House of Foix
Born: circa 1363 or after Died: August 1398
French nobility
Preceded by Count of Foix
Viscount of Béarn

1391–1398
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord of Navailles and Sault
1384–1398
Preceded by Viscount of Castelbón
1381–1398
Aragonese occupation