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    Saint-Volusien-de-Foix. Jacques also had two illegitimate children by unknown mistresses: Frederic de Foix (d. 1537), Seigneur d'Almenèches, and Jacques de Foix (d...
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  • de Foix, 2nd comte de Candale (d. 1500) Gaston III de Foix, 3rd comte de Candale (d. 1536) Frédéric de Foix, 4th comte de Candale (d. 1571) Henri de Foix...
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    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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    Margaret of Foix (French: Marguerite de Foix; c. 1449– 15 May 1486) was Duchess of Brittany from 1474 to 1486 by marriage to Duke Francis II. She was the...
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    destroyed, and the New Castle built in the 17th century as a residence for Frédéric de Foix. It was sold during the French Revolution, and became a Protestant...
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    Saint-Volusien-de-Foix. Jacques also had two illegitimate children by unknown mistresses: Frederic de Foix (d. 1537), Lord d'Almenèches, and Jacques de Foix (d....
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    Gaston de Foix, duc de Nemours (10 December 1489 – 11 April 1512), nicknamed The Thunderbolt of Italy, was a famed French military commander of the Renaissance...
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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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    Count of Foix imprisoned his son Gaston after the latter tried to poison him. The Count later murdered the young Gaston. (in French) Frédéric Mercey, « Le...
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    over forty sensation novels like Mémoires du diable (1837-8). Frédéric Soulié was born in Foix, the son of a philosopher professor. He gained a law degree...
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    / 42.560139; 1.810104 The Col de Puymorens ("Puymorens Pass") is a mountain pass in the French Pyrenees, connecting Foix to Cerdagne. Its summit is 1,915m...
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  • Maximilien Radix de Sainte-Foix, born Charles-Pierre-Maximilien Radix de Sainte-Foix (13 June 1736 in Paris – 23 June 1810 in Bourbonne-les-Bains), was...
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    Duke of Bourbon, she married John of Foix on 8 September 1483. She had two children by John of Foix: Germaine of Foix (1488–1538) married Ferdinand II of...
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    Académie Française. Freycinet was born at Foix (Ariège) of a Protestant family and was the nephew of Louis de Freycinet, a French navigator and the grandson...
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    region of Occitanie. It is named after the river Ariège and its capital is Foix. Ariège is known for its rural landscape, with a population of 153,287 as...
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    favourite residences of Duke Francis II who was remarried there, to Marguerite de Foix in 1474. He built a second rectangular enceinte flanked by artillery towers...
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    (arrangements) 1809: Françoise de Foix, in three acts by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly and Emmanuel Dupaty, (operture) 1813: Le Forgeron de Bassora, opéra comique in...
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  • (1550–55), Comte de Foix, Duc d'Albret (1550) and King of Navarre Jeanne d'Albret (1556–72) Henry III and IV (1572-1589) Catherine de Bourbon (1589-1604)...
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  • Baron Beaumont, Constable of Dover Castle (d. 1396) Isabella, Countess of Foix, vassal ruler (d. 1428) King Charles III of Navarre (d. 1425) She Xiang,...
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    February 1512, the French forces in Italy, newly commanded by Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours, had been engaged in capturing cities in the Romagna and the...
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    (1288–1344), a nun at Poissy Joan (1289–aft. 1350), married Gaston I, Count of Foix, in Senlis in 1301 Othon (died 2 November 1291) Marie (1291–22 January 1365...
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    having finally drawn Henry VIII into the League, sent an army under Odet de Foix and Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto through Genoa—where Andrea Doria had...
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  • taken on their lives. Marcel's interactions with figures like Le Prince de Foix and Madame Verdurin reveal the shifting dynamics of society in the aftermath...
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  • Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice (French pronunciation: [ɔlɛ̃pik ʒimnast klœb də nis]), commonly referred to as OGC Nice or simply Nice, is a French professional...
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    Elisabeth of France, or Elisabeth of Valois (Spanish: Isabel de Valois; French: Élisabeth de Valois) (2 April 1546 – 3 October 1568), was Queen of Spain...
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    Poissy Joan (1289 – aft. 1350), married in 1301 in Senlis, Gaston I, Count of Foix Othon (died 2 November 1291) Marie of Artois (1291 – 22 January 1365, Wijnendaele)...
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    Paris (redirect from Département de Paris)
    d'Ivry, and the Cimetière parisien de Bagneux. Famous people buried in Parisian cemeteries include Oscar Wilde, Frédéric Chopin, Jim Morrison, Édith Piaf...
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    Meillan and of Charenton (1473–1511), Marshal of France in 1506 Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, Viscount of Lautrec (1485–1528), Marshal of France in 1511...
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    [lo Comtat Venaicin] (Carpentras) – 3,600 km2 (est.) County of Foix [County of Fois] (Foix) – 3,300 km2 (est.) X. Bourbonnais (southern half) – approx....
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    Santa Marta was pro-French. It hosted the funerary monument of Gaston de Foix [it] by Agostino Busti. Other artists who worked for Santa Marta include...
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