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Gaston IV, Count of Foix

1422 - 1472

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Gaston IV (27 November 1422 – 25 or 28 July 1472) was the sovereign Viscount of Béarn and the Count of Foix and Bigorre in France from 1436 to 1472. He also held the viscounties of Marsan, Castelbon, Nébouzan, Villemeur and Lautrec and was, by virtue of the county of Foix, co-prince of Andorra. From 1447 he was also Viscount of Narbonne. Through his marriage to Eleanor, heiress of the Kingdom of Navarre, he also held the title of Prince of Navarre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston IV, Count of Foix is the 406th most popular nobleman (down from 343rd in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 196th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Gaston IV, Count of Foix ranks 406 out of 1,415. Before him are Princess Deokhye, Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine, Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Robert III of Artois. After him are Ulf Jarl, Hugh the Black, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Marina Mniszech, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, and Robert, Prince of Taranto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1422, Gaston IV, Count of Foix ranks 4. Before him are Federico da Montefeltro, Agnès Sorel, and Mircea II of Wallachia. After him are Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza, William Caxton, Francesco Pesellino, and Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua. Among people deceased in 1472, Gaston IV, Count of Foix ranks 5. Before him are Leon Battista Alberti, Basilios Bessarion, Michelozzo, and Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy. After him are Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry, Nezahualcoyotl, Janus Pannonius, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, George of Trebizond, and John Vitéz.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gaston IV, Count of Foix ranks 206 out of 1,190. Before him are Victor Serge (1890), Jan Ceulemans (1957), Hugo Claus (1929), Begga (615), Silvio Gesell (1862), and Paul van Zeeland (1893). After him are Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), Rembert Dodoens (1517), Ida of Lorraine (1040), Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420), Pierre Alechinsky (1927), and Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Belgium

Among noblemen born in Belgium, Gaston IV, Count of Foix ranks 7. Before him are John of Gaunt (1340), Philippe of Belgium (1960), Pepin of Landen (585), Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060), Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837), and Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165). After him are Lambert I, Count of Louvain (1000), Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau (1578), Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789), John I, Count of Hainaut (1218), Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967), and Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251).

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