French feudal title during the Middle Ages
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 the Pyrenees mountain range, joining the House of Bearn and moving their court to Pau in Béarn. Count Francis Phoebus became King of Navarre in 1479. The last count was King Henry III of Navarre, after whose accession to the French throne the county entered the French royal domain.[citation needed]
To this day, the president of France is considered an unofficial successor of the count (as the current ruler of the French state) as co-prince of Andorra.[1][2]
Gallery of Arms
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Arms of the House of Foix-Béarn
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Arms of the House of Foix-Grailly
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Arms of the House of Foix-Grailly-Navarre
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Arms of the House of Albret
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Arms of the House of Bourbon
List of counts of Foix
House of Foix
Name |
Portrait |
Birth |
Marriage(s) |
Death
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Roger I 1034–1064
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? second son of Bernard-Roger and Garsenda, Countess of Bigorre
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never married
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c. 1064
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Pierre-Bernard 1064–1071
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? third son of Bernard-Roger and Garsenda, Countess of Bigorre
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Ledgarde two son
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c. 1071
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Roger II 1071–1124
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? eldest son of Pierre-Bernard and Ledgarde
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(1) Sicarda 1073 no issues (2) Stephanie of Besalú four children
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c. 1124
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Roger III 1124–1148
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? eldest son of Roger II and Stephanie of Besalú
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(1) ? one daughter (2) Jimena of Barcelona bef. 8 July 1130 two children
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c. 1148
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Roger-Bernard I 1148–1188
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c. 1130 only son of Roger III and Jimena of Barcelona
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Cecilia of Béziers 11 July 1151 five children
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November 1188 aged 57–58
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Raymond-Roger 1188–1223
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c. 1152 second son of Roger-Bernard I and Cecilia of Béziers
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Philippa of Montcada 1189 two children
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27 March 1223 Château de Mirepoix aged 70–71
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Roger-Bernard II 1223–1241
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c. 1195 only son of Raymond-Roger and Philippa of Montcada
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(1) Ermesinda, Viscountess of Castelbón 10 January 1203 two children (2) Ermengarde of Narbonne 23 January 1232 one daughter
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26 May 1241 aged 45–46
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Roger IV 1241–1265
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? only son of Roger-Bernard II and Ermesinda, Viscountess of Castelbón
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Brunissenda of Cardona 17 February 1231 five children
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24 February 1265
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Roger-Bernard III 1265–1302
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c. 1243 eldest son of Roger IV and Brunissenda of Cardona
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Margaret, Viscountess of Béarn 14 October 1252 Tarn-et-Garonne five children
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3 March 1302 aged 59
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House of Foix-Béarn
House of Foix-Grailly
House of Albret
House of Bourbon
In 1607 the county of Foix was reunited to the French crown.
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