Counts of Foix

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The Counts of Foix were a medieval noble dynasty from the region of Foix in what is now southwestern France, influential in Occitan politics and later linked by inheritance to the French crown.

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Counts of Foix canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval noble house
noble dynasty
capital Foix
coatOfArms or, three pallets gules
conflictInvolvement Albigensian Crusade
country France
dynasticConnection House of Albret
House of Bourbon
House of Foix
endTime 16th century
ethnicContext Occitan
historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Middle Ages
languageContext Occitan language
linked to: Occitan
linkedByInheritanceTo French monarchy
linked to: French royal family
linkedTo French crown
linked to: French Crown

Kingdom of Navarre
locatedIn southwestern France
nobleTitle Count of Foix
notableMember Catherine of Foix
Francis Phoebus of Foix
Gaston I of Foix
Gaston II of Foix
Gaston III of Foix
Gaston IV of Foix
Henry II of Navarre
John I of Foix
Roger Bernard II of Foix
Roger Bernard III of Foix
Roger I of Foix
Roger II of Foix
partOf Occitania
politicalRole influential in Occitan politics
regional lords in the Pyrenees
region Foix
religiousContext Roman Catholicism
seat Château de Foix
startTime 11th century
successor House of Bourbon as kings of France and Navarre
linked to: House of Bourbon

Kings of Navarre (Foix-Albret line)
territory County of Foix
lands in the Pyrenees
titleMergedInto Crown of Navarre
linked to: Kingdom of Navarre

French crown
linked to: French Crown
vassalOf Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of France

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County of Foix hasRuler Counts of Foix