Gaston III, Count of Foix
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Gaston III, known as Gaston Phoebus or Fébus, was the eleventh Count of Foix and twenty-fourth Viscount of Béarn from 1343 until his death.
Fébus hunting the hare, miniature by the Bedford Master, taken from the Livre de chasse, circa 1407, Paris, BnF, Fr.616, f° 89 v°.
Gaston III of Foix-Béarn was probably born at the Château de Moncade in Orthez.
Fébus refuses to pay homage to King Philip VI of France for Béarn on 25 September 1347. Notes du procès de Robert d'Artois (circa 1336), BnF, Fr.18437, f° 2.
Fébus was made a knight of the Teutonic Order at Malbork Castle in 1358.
Count of Foix
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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 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.
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