The Count of Foix ruled the County of Foix, in what is now Southern France, during the Middle Ages. The House of Foix eventually extended its power across the Pyrenees mountain range, joining the House of Bearn and moving their court to Pau in Béarn. Count Francis Phoebus became King of Navarre in 1479. The last count was King Henry III of Navarre, after whose accession to the French throne the county entered the French royal domain. To this day, the president of France is considered an unofficial successor of the count (as the current ruler of the French state) as co-prince of Andorra.

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List of counts of Foix

House of Foix

1034–1064 second son of Bernard-Roger and Garsenda, Countess of Bigorre 1064–1071 third son of Bernard-Roger and Garsenda, Countess of Bigorre two son 1071–1124 eldest son of Pierre-Bernard and Ledgarde 1073 no issues (2) Stephanie of Besalú four children 1124–1148 eldest son of Roger II and Stephanie of Besalú one daughter (2) Jimena of Barcelona bef. 8 July 1130 two children 1148–1188 only son of Roger III and Jimena of Barcelona 11 July 1151 five children aged 57–58 1188–1223 second son of Roger-Bernard I and Cecilia of Béziers 1189 two children Château de Mirepoix aged 70–71 1223–1241 only son of Raymond-Roger and Philippa of Montcada 10 January 1203 two children (2) Ermengarde of Narbonne 23 January 1232 one daughter aged 45–46 1241–1265 only son of Roger-Bernard II and Ermesinda, Viscountess of Castelbón 17 February 1231 five children 1265–1302 eldest son of Roger IV and Brunissenda of Cardona 14 October 1252 Tarn-et-Garonne five children aged 59

House of Foix-Béarn

1302–1315 only son of Roger-Bernard III and Margaret, Viscountess of Béarn October 1301 Senlis six children Maubuisson Abbey, Pontoise aged 27–28 1315–1343 eldest son of Gaston I and Joan of Artois 1327 one son Seville aged 34–35 1343–1391 Orthez only son of Gaston II and Eleanor of Comminges Paris 4 August 1349 one son L'Hôpital-d'Orion aged 60 1391–1398 second son of Roger Bernard IV, Viscount of Castelbon and Gerauda of Navailles 4 June 1392 Barcelona no issues aged 34–35 1398–1428 with Archambaud (1398–1412) with John I (1412–1428) only daughter of Roger Bernard IV, Viscount of Castelbon and Gerauda of Navailles five children aged 46+ 1398–1412 with Isabella second son of Pierre II de Grailly and Erembourga de Périgord aged 81–83

House of Foix-Grailly

1412–1436 with Isabella (1412–1428) eldest son of Archambaud and Isabella 12 November 1402 Royal Palace of Olite no issues (2) Jeanne d'Albret 23 May 1422 two sons (3) Joanna of Urgell May 1436 no issues Mazères, Ariège aged 53–54 1436–1472 eldest son of John I and Jeanne d'Albret 30 July 1436 ten children Roncevalles aged 49 1472–1483 only son of Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana and Magdalena of Valois Pamplona aged 16 1483–1517 with John II only daughter of Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana and Magdalena of Valois Palacio Real de Olite thirteen children Mont-de-Marsan aged 48–49 1484–1516 with Catherine second son of Alain I of Albret and Françoise, Countess of Périgord Château de Pau aged 46–47

House of Albret

Sangüesa third son of John II and Catherine 24 January 1527 Saint-Germain-en-Laye two children Hagetmau aged 52 1555–1572 with Antoine Saint-Germain-en-Laye only daughter of Henry I and Margaret of Angoulême 14 June 1541 Château de Châtellerault no issues (2) Antoine of Navarre 20 October 1548 Moulins en Bourbonnais, Allier five children Paris aged 44 1555-1562 with Jeanne La Fère, Picardy second son of Charles, Duke of Vendôme and Françoise of Alençon 20 October 1548 Moulins en Bourbonnais, Allier five children Les Andelys, Eure aged 44

House of Bourbon

1572–1607 Château de Pau second son of Antoine and Jeanne 18 August 1572 Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris no issues (2) Marie de' Medici 17 December 1600 Lyon six children aged 56 In 1607 the county of Foix was reunited to the French crown.