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Germaine of Foix

1488 - 1536

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Ursula Germaine of Foix (c. 1488 – 15 October 1536) was an early modern French noblewoman from the House of Foix. She was the daughter of John, Viscount of Narbonne, and Marie of Orléans and granddaughter of Queen Eleanor of Navarre. By marriage to King Ferdinand II of Aragon (Eleanor's half-brother), she was Queen of Aragon, Majorca, Naples, Sardinia, Sicily, and Valencia and Princess of Catalonia from 1505 to 1516 and Queen of Navarre from 1512 to 1516. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Germaine of Foix is the 202nd most popular nobleman (down from 187th in 2019), the 956th most popular biography from France (up from 987th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Nobleman.

Germaine of Foix was a French noblewoman who became Queen Consort of Aragon after marrying King Ferdinand II of Aragon. She is known for her political influence during her husband's reign and for her patronage of the arts and culture in the court of Aragon. Germaine is also remembered for her tragic personal life, including the loss of several children and her eventual abandonment by her husband in favor of a younger mistress.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Germaine of Foix ranks 202 out of 1,415. Before her are Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Elizabeth of Austria, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Queen Letizia of Spain, Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Bertrada of Laon. After her are Ramesses X, Ramesses IX, Ramesses VIII, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, and Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1488, Germaine of Foix ranks 5. Before her are Titian, Jungjong of Joseon, Ulrich von Hutten, and Bartolommeo Bandinelli. After her are Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Lütfi Pasha, Ferdinand Columbus, Sebastian Münster, Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Joseph Karo, and Otto Brunfels. Among people deceased in 1536, Germaine of Foix ranks 8. Before her are Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, and Baldassare Peruzzi. After her are Francis III, Duke of Brittany, John of Leiden, William Tyndale, Garcilaso de la Vega, Cecilia Gallerani, and Gil Vicente.

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In France

Among people born in France, Germaine of Foix ranks 956 out of 6,770. Before her are Georges Brassens (1921), Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932), Jean Anouilh (1910), John I of Aragon (1350), Louis Couturat (1868), and Robert IV of Sablé (1150). After her are Louis Vuitton (1821), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), Françoise Dorléac (1942), Agnes of Poitou (1025), Max Jacob (1876), and Claude Perrault (1613).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Germaine of Foix ranks 33. Before her are Hugh the Great (898), Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464), Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Robert Curthose (1054), Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), and Bertrada of Laon (720). After her are Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753), Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764), Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789), Louise Henriette de Bourbon (1726), Anne de Montmorency (1493), and Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831).

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