Matthew, Count of Foix

Mathew of Foix
Count of Foix
Reign1391–1398
Bornc. 1363 or after
DiedAugust 1398
Noble familyFoix
Spouse(s)Joanna of Aragon
FatherRoger-Bernard V of Foix, Viscount of Castelbon
MotherGerauda of Navailles

Matthew (c. 1363 – 1398) was a count of Foix an viscount of Béarn. He was son of Roger-Bernard V of Foix viscount of Castelbon and Géraude de Navailles. In 1391 he succeeded Gaston Phoebus, his first cousin once removed, as count. He asserted the sovereignty of Béarn and, as son-in-law of John I, contested the Crown of Aragon with John's brother Martin I from 1396. He and his wife, Joanna, had no children.


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