Gaston III ‘Fébus’, count of Foix (d. 1391)

Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.

Gaston III ‘Fébus’, count of Foix (d. 1391)

Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.

Gaston III ‘Fébus’, count of Foix (d. 1391)

Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.

Jean II, count of Armagnac (d. 1384)

Jean II, count of Armagnac and Boulogne (c. 1333 - 1384); son of Jean I of Armagnac and Béatrix de Clermont. He married Jeanne de Périgord.

Bérard d'Albret

Bérard d'Albret was the nephew or cousin of the lord of Albret; he frequently supported the prince of Wales in his wars.

Raymond de Bénac, lord of Lanne

Raymond de Bénac de Bigorre bore the title of lord of Lanne; he was retained in the service of the duke of Anjou.

Benoît de la Cornille

Benoît de la Cornille served in the army of the count of Armagnac.

Orthez

Orthez (department Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

Jehan Froissart

Jehan Froissart (?1337- ?1404). Poet and chronicler from Valenciennes in the county of Hainault. Author of four Books of Chroniques, of an Arthurian romance (Meliador), and of a considerable body of lyric and crypto-autobiographical and dream poetry inspired in part by the Roman de la Rose and the works of Guillaume de Machaut.

People of Armagnac and Albret

River Garonne

The river Garonne, which has its source in Spain and flows into the Atlantic.

Palaminy

Palaminy, canton of Cazères-sur-Garonne, Haute-Garonne.

Lands of the counts of Comminges and Armagnac

River Garonne

The river Garonne, which has its source in Spain and flows into the Atlantic.

Gaston III ‘Fébus’, count of Foix (d. 1391)

Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.

Espan de Lion

Espan de Lion, Froissart's travelling companion, was in the service and household of the count of Foix.

Martres-Tolosane

Martres-Tolosane, canton of Cazères-sur-Garonne, Haute-Garonne.

Count of Comminges

River Garonne

The river Garonne, which has its source in Spain and flows into the Atlantic.

Mauran

Mauran, canton of Cazères-sur-Garonne, Haute-Garonne.

Montclar-de-Comminges

Montclar-de-Comminges, canton of Cazères-sur-Garonne, Haute-Garonne.

River Garonne

The river Garonne, which has its source in Spain and flows into the Atlantic.

Espan de Lion

Espan de Lion, Froissart's travelling companion, was in the service and household of the count of Foix.

Jehan Froissart

Jehan Froissart (?1337- ?1404). Poet and chronicler from Valenciennes in the county of Hainault. Author of four Books of Chroniques, of an Arthurian romance (Meliador), and of a considerable body of lyric and crypto-autobiographical and dream poetry inspired in part by the Roman de la Rose and the works of Guillaume de Machaut.

Fuxéens

Armagnacs

Armagnacs

River Garonne

The river Garonne, which has its source in Spain and flows into the Atlantic.

Gaston III ‘Fébus’, count of Foix (d. 1391)

Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.

Gaston III ‘Fébus’, count of Foix (d. 1391)

Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.

Pierre de Béarn

Pierre de Béarn, second natural brother of Gaston Fébus.

River Garonne

The river Garonne, which has its source in Spain and flows into the Atlantic.

River Garonne

The river Garonne, which has its source in Spain and flows into the Atlantic.

Gaston III ‘Fébus’, count of Foix (d. 1391)

Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.

Jean II, count of Armagnac (d. 1384)

Jean II, count of Armagnac and Boulogne (c. 1333 - 1384); son of Jean I of Armagnac and Béatrix de Clermont. He married Jeanne de Périgord.

Montpezat

Montpezat

Montpezat

Pas de la Garde

The Pas de la Garde: narrow fortified pass on the river Garonne, near Montpezat or perhaps Mancioux.

According to P. Tucoo-Chala in Gaston Fébus, prince des Pyrénées, p. 177: plan of the fortifications between Foix and Béarn, the fort of Montpezat was to be found in the northwest, almost opposite Montsaunes, and to the northeast of Montespan, therefore in the area surrounding Castillon de St Martory or of Les Assivets. It should be noted that the village of Mancioux, some kilometres to the northeast and on the right bank of the river Garonne, was a dependency of the lord who owned the castle of Montpezat, i.e. Fébus, and so had access rights over all raft crossings on the river Garonne.

P. Tucoo-Chala in Gaston Fébus, prince des Pyrénées, p. 177