Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale
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Gaston de Foix 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
.
He was a cadet member of the important Foix
Counts of Foix
The counts of Foix ruled the independent County of Foix, in what is now southern France, during the Middle Ages. Later they extended their power to almost the entire Pyrenees mountain range, moving their court to Pau, in Béarn, until eventually the last count of Foix acceded to the French throne as...
family in Southern France. He was a son of John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal and Margaret de la Pole
Margaret de la Pole
Margaret de la Pole , Countess of Kendal . Paternal grandmother of Anne of Foix-Candale, queen of Hungary and Bohemia.-Life:...
. 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
John I, Count of Foix
John I, Count of Foix also known as Jean de Foix-Grailly was Count of Foix from 1428 until his death in 1436. He succeeded his mother Isabella, Countess of Foix...
. His great-uncle John married Joan of Albret, daughter of Charles d'Albret
Charles d'Albret
Charles d'Albret was Constable of France from 1402 until 1411, and again from 1413 until 1415. He was also the co-commander of the French army at the Battle of Agincourt where he was killed by the English forces led by King Henry V....
, Constable of France
Constable of France
The Constable of France , as the First Officer of the Crown, was one of the original five Great Officers of the Crown of France and Commander in Chief of the army. He, theoretically, as Lieutenant-general of the King, outranked all the nobles and was second-in-command only to the King...
and co-commander of the French army at the Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Agincourt
The Battle of Agincourt was a major English victory against a numerically superior French army in the Hundred Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday, 25 October 1415 , near modern-day Azincourt, in northern France...
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
Gaston IV, Count of Foix
Gaston IV, Count of Foix, Viscount of Béarn was a French nobleman from Bearn, who founded a brief-ruling dynastic house of the Kingdom of Navarre.He was a son of John I, Count of Foix and Jeanne d'Albret...
who was the husband of Queen regnant Eleanor of Navarre
Eleanor of Navarre
Eleanor of Aragon , Regent and the queen regnant of Navarre in 1479...
.
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
Infanta Catherine of Navarre
Catherine de Foix was a French noblewoman.She was a daughter of Gaston IV, Count of Foix and Eleanor 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
Anna of Foix-Candale
Anna of Foix-Candale was a Queen consort of Hungary as the third consort of King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary.-Life:Anne was the daughter of Gaston of Foix, Count of Candale, and Infanta Catherine of Navarre...
who married Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary
Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary
Vladislaus II, also known as Ladislaus Jagiellon ; was King of Bohemia from 1471 and King of Hungary from 1490 until his death in 1516...
.