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, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
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, 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, 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, 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, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
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, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
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, 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, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
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, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
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, 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, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
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, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
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, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
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, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
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, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
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, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
The details noted here by the writer foreshadow the imminent tragedy. One notices in the pages which follow the successive tranformations of the ‘knife’ motif.
The imprisonment of Fébus’ heir in a room high up in the keep of the Moncade castle, where the young man refuses all food, became the subject of a canvas by Jacquand, a romantic painter of sentimental tendencies. The painting hangs today in the lounge of the Town Hall in Orthez (Prince des Pyrénées, plate 63).
‘One of ten lay barons, the lord of Andoins was one of the key players in the conspiracy. The bishop of Lescar, Odon de Mendousse, who was private tutor to the crown prince, appears to be the group’s leader. (...) It seems that the viscount of Castelbon, leader of the younger branch of the Foix-Béarn family, may also have been implicated in the plot’, (P. Tucoo-Chala, Gaston Fébus. Grand Prince médiéval 1331-1391, Éditions J & D, Biarritz, 1996 (hereinafter: Grand Prince médiéval), pp. 116-122. P. 118, tr. PFA.
P. Tucoo-Chala, Gaston Fébus. Grand Prince médiéval 1331-1391, Éditions J & D, Biarritz, 1996 (hereinafter: Grand Prince médiéval), pp. 116-122. P. 118, tr. PFA
"Pourquoy?" dist le conte, "qui
tantost en tra en souspeçon et qui est moult ymagina tif." "Par ma foy, monseigneur, depuis que il est retournéz de Navarre il porte a sa poe trine une boursette toute plaine de pouldre, mais je ne sçay a quoy elle sert, ne que il
en veult faire, fors tant que il m’a
dit une foiz ou deux
que madame sa mere sera temprement et bien brief miex en vostre grace que
onques ne fu." "Ho!" dist li contes, "tais toy et gardes bien que
tu ne te descueu vres a nul homme du monde de ce que tu m’as dit." "Monseigneur," dist li enfes, "volentiers." ¶ Le conte de Fois entra lors en grant y maginacion et se couvri
jusques a l’eure du disner, et lava et s’assist comme les autres jours a table en sa salle.
Gaston son filz avoit d’usaige que il le servoit de tous ses més et faisoit essay
de ses viandes. Sitost qu’il ot assis devant le conte son premier més,
et fait ce qu’il devoit faire, le conte giette ses yeux, qui estoit tout enfourmé
de son fait, et voit les
pendans de la boursette au gipon de son
filz. Le sanc li mua, et dist: "Gaston, vieng avant, je vueil parler
a toy en l’oreil le." Li enfent s’avança sur la table. Le conte ouvri
lors son seing et desnoulla son gipon et prinst un coustel et coppa les pendans de la
boursette, et li demoura en la main. Et puis dist a son filz: "Quele chose est ce
en ceste boursette?"
Li enfes, qui fu tout sur prins et
esbahis, ne sonna mot, mais devint tout blanc de paour et tout esperdus, et commença
fort a trembler, car il se sentoit forfait125. Le conte de Fois ouvri la bourse et prinst de la pouldre et en mist sur un tailloer de
pain, et puis cyfla un levrier que il avoit deléz lui, et lui donna a men gier. Sitost que le
chien ot mengié le pre mier morsel, il tourna les piéz dessus et
mourut. Quant le conte de Fois en vit la maniere, se il fu courrouciéz il y
ot bien cause; et se leva de table et prinst son coustel et voult lancier aprés son filz. Et l’eust la occis sans remede,
mais chevaliers et escuiers
saillirent audevant et distrent: "Monseigneur, pour Dieu mercis ne vous
hastéz pas, mais vous enforméz avant de la besoigne, que vous faciéz a vostre filz nul mal." Et le premier mot que le conte dist, ce fu en
son gascon: "Zo, Gaston, traïtour! Pour toy et pour ac croistre l’eritaige qui te devoit retour ner, j’en ay eu guerre et hayne au roy de
France, au roy d’Angleterre, au roy d’Espaigne, au roy de
Navarre et au roy d’Arragon; et contre eulx me sui je bien tenu et porté.
Et tu me veulz mainte nant murdrir! Il te vient de mauvaise nature; saches que tu en
mourras a ce coup." Lors sailli oultre la table, le cous tel en la main, et le vouloit la
occirre, mais chevaliers et escuiers se mistrent a genoulz en pleurant devant lui, et lui distrent: "Haa! Monseigneur, pour Dieu merci! N’occiéz pas Gaston, vous n’avéz plus d’enfans: faictes le garder, et vous infor méz de la
matiere. Espoir ne savoit il que il portoit, et n’a nulle coulpe a ce meffait."
Lors fu mis li enfes en la tour de ceens126. Le conte
fist adonc prendre grant foison de ceulz qui servoient son filz, et tous ne les
ot pas, car moult s’en partirent. Et encores en est li evesque de l’Escale d’encoste
Pau, hors du païs, qui en fu souspeçonnéz, et aussi sont pluseurs autres127, mais il en fist mourir jusques a quinze
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"Pourquoy?" dist le conte, "qui
tantost en