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Gaston III, Count of Foix

1331 - 1391

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Gaston III, known as Gaston Phoebus or Fébus (30 April 1331 – 1 August 1391), was the eleventh Count of Foix (as Gaston III) and twenty-fourth Viscount of Béarn (as Gaston X) from 1343 until his death. Due to his ancestral inheritance, Gaston III was overlord of about ten territories located between the Pays de Gascogne and Languedoc. He took advantage of the Hundred Years' War to establish his domination over the northern Pyrenean foothills, playing on the conflicts between French and English monarchies. He authored the Livre de chasse, a famous illustrated manuscript on hunting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston III, Count of Foix is the 2,184th most popular writer (down from 2,090th in 2019), the 2,453rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,349th in 2019) and the 307th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gaston III, Count of Foix ranks 2,184 out of 7,302. Before him are Asclepiades of Samos, Håkan Nesser, Pierre Lemaitre, George Tabori, Thorbjørn Egner, and Terry Eagleton. After him are Andrey Kurkov, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Albert Cohen, Ai Qing, Sébastien Japrisot, and Raymond E. Feist.

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Among people born in 1331, Gaston III, Count of Foix ranks 5. Before him are Catherine of Vadstena, Karl Thopia, Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France, and Coluccio Salutati. After him is Michele Steno. Among people deceased in 1391, Gaston III, Count of Foix ranks 7. Before him are John V Palaiologos, Tvrtko I of Bosnia, Nicholas Kabasilas, Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, Uliana of Tver, and Muhammad V of Granada. After him is Nicholas Tavelic.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston III, Count of Foix ranks 2,453 out of 6,770. Before him are René Caillié (1799), Aurore Clément (1945), François Devienne (1759), Pierre Lemaitre (1951), François Blondel (1618), and Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao (1796). After him are Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti (1661), Boso, Margrave of Tuscany (885), Edgar Faure (1908), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Sébastien Japrisot (1931), and Thomas, Count of Flanders (1199).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gaston III, Count of Foix ranks 307. Before him are Étienne Jodelle (1532), Yvan Goll (1891), Roger Peyrefitte (1907), Philippe Sollers (1936), Bernard Palissy (1510), and Pierre Lemaitre (1951). After him are Sébastien Japrisot (1931), Bernardus Silvestris (1085), Michel Leiris (1901), Elena Poniatowska (1932), Gaston Paris (1839), and Pierre Gamarra (1919).

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