Foix (/fwɑː/ fwah, French pronunciation: [fwa] ; Occitan: Fois [ˈfujs, ˈfujʃ]; Catalan: Foix [ˈfoʃ]) is a commune, the former capital of the County of...
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The Count of Foix ruled the County of Foix, in what is now Southern France, during the Middle Ages. The House of Foix eventually extended its power across...
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The County of Foix (French: Comté de Foix, pronounced [fwa]; Occitan: Comtat de Fois, pronounced [fujs] locally [fujʃ]) was a medieval fief in southern...
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Gaston of Foix (Gaston de Foix) may refer to: Gaston I of Foix-Béarn (d. 1315) Gaston II of Foix-Béarn (1308–1343) Gaston III of Foix-Béarn (1331–1391)...
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Ursula Germaine of Foix (c. 1488 – 15 October 1536) was an early modern French noblewoman from the House of Foix. She was the daughter of John, Viscount...
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Charles Foix (French: [fwa]; 1 February 1882 – 22 March 1927) was a French internist and neurologist. Charles Foix was born in Salies-de-Béarn, Pyrénées-Atlantiques...
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Agnes of Navarre (redirect from Agnes, Countess of Foix)
Navarre and Joan II of Navarre, and became Countess of Foix on marriage to Gaston III, Count of Foix. She was rumoured to have had an affair with poet Guillaume...
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Charlotte Diane de Foix-Candale (after 1540 – 24 May 1587) became the Comtesse of Gurson (in France) after her marriage in 1579 with Louis de Foix, who fell in...
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Phoebus or Fébus (30 April 1331 – 1 August 1391), was the eleventh Count of Foix (as Gaston III) and twenty-fourth Viscount of Béarn (as Gaston X) from 1343...
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married Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale. They had: Gaston de Foix, 3rd Count of Candale. Jean de Foix, Archbishop of Bordeaux. Pierre de Foix, died without...
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The Château de Foix (Languedocien: Castèl de Fois) is a castle which dominates the town of Foix in the French département of Ariège. An important tourist...
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Cardinal of Foix (Fr.: Cardinal de Foix) may refer to: Pierre de Foix, le vieux (1386–1464), Archbishop of Arles, cardinal Pierre de Foix, le jeune (1449–1490)...
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Bernard IV of Foix (1310 - 1350) was viscount of Castelbon and other Catalan lands bequeathed by his parents Gaston I of Foix viscount of Foix and Bearn (died...
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Foix is a railway station in Foix, Occitanie, France. The station is on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway. The station is served by TER (local)...
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Foix–Alajouanine syndrome, also called subacute ascending necrotizing myelitis, is a disease caused by an arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord...
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Jacques Foix (French pronunciation: [ʒak fwa]; 26 November 1930 – 14 June 2017) was a French footballer who played striker. His playing career spanned...
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The Hôpital Charles-Foix is a public hospital from Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) located at 7 avenue de la République, in Ivry-sur-Seine...
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Gaston de Foix (1448 – 25 March 1500), Earl of Kendal and Count of Benauges, was a French nobleman in the last decades of the Middle Ages. He was a cadet...
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Roger-Bernard IV de Foix (circa 1330 - 1381) was viscount of Castelbon. He was the son of Roger Bernard IV of Foix, viscount of Castelbon and Constance...
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Jean de Foix (c. 1415 – 1485) was the Captal de Buch, first Earl of Kendal (Gallicised into "Comte de Candalle"), Vicomte de Castillon, Meilles and Comte...
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Paul de Foix de Carmain (1528–1584) was a French prelate and diplomat. He was son of Jean de Foix, comte de Carmain, by his wife Aldonce. He studied Greek...
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John of Foix or Jean de Foix may refer to: John I, Count of Foix (died 1436) John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal (died 1485) John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne...
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Henry II Marie de' Medici Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Medici) 26 April 1575 5 October 1600 1607 Foix merged into Crown 3 July 1642...
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Eleanor of Navarre (redirect from Eleanor of Aragon, Countess of Foix)
however, their father occupied Navarre. She married Gaston IV, Count of Foix, in 1441. In 1442, Eleanor moved with her spouse to Bearn. In 1455, her father...
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Catherine of Foix may refer to: Catherine of Navarre, queen of Navarre, duchess of Gandía, duchess of Montblanc, duchess of Peñafiel, countess of Foix Infanta...
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Catalans (Roussillon, Cerdanya, Vallespir, Conflent, Capcir), the County of Foix, and the eastern parts of what was formerly Gascony (Armagnac, Comminges...
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Esclarmonde of Foix (French: Esclarmonde de Foix; Occitan: Esclarmonda de Fois), was a prominent figure associated with Catharism in thirteenth century...
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Josep Vicenç Foix i Mas (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb biˈsɛns ˈfoʃ]; 28 January 1893 in Barcelona – 29 January 1987) was a Catalan poet, writer, and...
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25 or 28 July 1472) was the sovereign Viscount of Béarn and the Count of Foix and Bigorre in France from 1436 to 1472. He also held the viscounties of...
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Matthew (c. 1363 – 1398) was a count of Foix an viscount of Béarn. He was son of Roger-Bernard V of Foix viscount of Castelbon and Géraude de Navailles...
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