House of Foix

E199396

medieval dynasty noble family

The House of Foix was a prominent medieval noble family from southwestern France that rose to major political influence through its control of the Kingdom of Navarre and strategic dynastic alliances.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
House of Foix canonical	8
House of Foix-Béarn	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval dynasty ⓘ noble family ⓘ
coatOfArms	Gules, a bend or ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
dynasticUnionWith	House of Albret ⓘ House of Bourbon ⓘ House of Navarre ⓘ
extinctionOfMainLine	16th century ⓘ
hasTitle	Count of Armagnac ⓘ Count of Bigorre ⓘ Count of Candale ⓘ Counts of Comminges ⓘ surface form: Count of Comminges Count of Foix ⓘ Duke of Nemours ⓘ King of Navarre ⓘ Viscount of Béarn ⓘ
historicalConnection	Crown of Aragon ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
inheritedBy	Henry III of Navarre ⓘ
knownFor	influence in the Pyrenean region ⓘ involvement in the Hundred Years' War ⓘ mediation between France and Aragon ⓘ strategic dynastic alliances ⓘ
languageOfFamily	Occitan ⓘ
majorInfluenceInCentury	13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ
namedAfter	County of Foix ⓘ
notableMember	Anne of Foix-Candale ⓘ Catherine of Foix ⓘ Eleanor of Navarre ⓘ Francis Phoebus of Foix ⓘ Gaston I of Foix ⓘ surface form: Gaston I, Count of Foix Gaston II of Foix ⓘ surface form: Gaston II, Count of Foix Gaston III, Count of Foix ⓘ Gaston IV of Foix ⓘ surface form: Gaston IV, Count of Foix Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours ⓘ Henry II of Navarre ⓘ John I, Count of Foix ⓘ Roger Bernard II of Foix ⓘ surface form: Roger-Bernard II, Count of Foix
region	southwestern France ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roseToProminenceInCentury	11th century ⓘ
ruled	County of Foix ⓘ Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ Principality of Béarn ⓘ surface form: Viscounty of Béarn
seat	Pyrénées-Atlantiques ⓘ surface form: Béarn Foix ⓘ Pau ⓘ
succeededBy	House of Albret ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Navarre → notableDynasty → House of Foix ⓘ

Counts of Foix → dynasticConnection → House of Foix ⓘ

House of Albret → opposedBy → House of Foix ⓘ

County of Foix → hasRuler → House of Foix ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Foix-Béarn

lords of Languedoc → associatedWith → House of Foix ⓘ

subject surface form: Lords of Languedoc

Odet de Foix, Viscount of Lautrec → memberOfNobleFamily → House of Foix ⓘ

Count of Foix → associatedWithDynasty → House of Foix ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Foix-Béarn

Gaston III, Count of Foix → house → House of Foix ⓘ