Mathew of Foix | |
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Count of Foix | |
Reign | 1391–1398 |
Born | c. 1363 or after |
Died | August 1398 |
Noble family | Foix |
Spouse(s) | Joanna of Aragon |
Father | Roger-Bernard V of Foix, Viscount of Castelbon |
Mother | Gerauda 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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