Count of Foix explained

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.

List of counts of Foix

House of Foix

1010-1034 : Bernard Roger, count of Couserans, count of Bigorre, lord of Comminges and lord of Foix (second son of Roger I of Carcassonne)

|width=auto| Roger I
1034 - 1064| | ?
second son of Bernard-Roger and Garsenda, Countess of Bigorre| never married| c. 1064
|-|width=auto| Pierre-Bernard
1064 - 1071| | ?
third son of Bernard-Roger and Garsenda, Countess of Bigorre| Ledgarde
two son| c. 1071
|-|width=auto| Roger II
1071 - 1124| | ?
eldest son of Pierre-Bernard and Ledgarde| (1) Sicarda
1073
no issues
(2) Stephanie of Besalú
four children| c. 1124
|-|width=auto| Roger III
1124 - 1148| | ?
eldest son of Roger II and Stephanie of Besalú| (1) ?
one daughter
(2) Jimena of Barcelona
bef. 8 July 1130
two children| c. 1148
|-|width=auto| Roger-Bernard I
1148 - 1188| | c. 1130
only son of Roger III and Jimena of Barcelona| Cecilia of Béziers
11 July 1151
five children| November 1188
aged 57–58|-|width=auto| Raymond-Roger
1188 - 1223| | c. 1152
second son of Roger-Bernard I and Cecilia of Béziers| Philippa of Montcada
1189
two children| 27 March 1223
Château de Mirepoix
aged 70–71|-|width=auto| Roger-Bernard II
1223 - 1241| | c. 1195
only son of Raymond-Roger and Philippa of Montcada| (1) Ermesinda, Viscountess of Castelbón
10 January 1203
two children
(2) Ermengarde of Narbonne
23 January 1232
one daughter| 26 May 1241
aged 45–46|-|width=auto| Roger IV
1241 - 1265| | ?
only son of Roger-Bernard II and Ermesinda, Viscountess of Castelbón| Brunissenda of Cardona
17 February 1231
five children| 24 February 1265
|-|width=auto| Roger-Bernard III
1265 - 1302| | c. 1243
eldest son of Roger IV and Brunissenda of Cardona| Margaret, Viscountess of Béarn
14 October 1252
Tarn-et-Garonne
five children| 3 March 1302
aged 59|-|}

House of Foix-Béarn

|width=auto| Gaston I
1302 - 1315 | | c. 1287
only son of Roger-Bernard III and Margaret, Viscountess of Béarn| Joan of Artois
October 1301
Senlis
six children| 13 December 1315
Maubuisson Abbey, Pontoise
aged 27–28|-|width=auto| Gaston II
1315 - 1343 | | c. 1308
eldest son of Gaston I and Joan of Artois| Eleanor of Comminges
1327
one son| 26 September 1343
Seville
aged 34–35|-|width=auto| Gaston III Phoebus
1343 - 1391| | 30 April 1331
Orthez
only son of Gaston II and Eleanor of Comminges| Agnes of Navarre
Paris
4 August 1349
one son| 1 August 1391
L'Hôpital-d'Orion
aged 60|-|width=auto| Matthew
1391 - 1398| | c. 1363
second son of Roger Bernard IV, Viscount of Castelbon and Gerauda of Navailles| Joanna of Aragon
4 June 1392
Barcelona
no issues| August 1398
aged 34–35|-|width=auto| Isabella
1398 - 1428
with Archambaud (1398 - 1412)
with John I (1412 - 1428)| | bef. 2 November 1361
only daughter of Roger Bernard IV, Viscount of Castelbon and Gerauda of Navailles| rowspan="2"| 1381
five children| c. 1428
aged 46+|-|width=auto| Archambaud de Grailly
1398 - 1412
with Isabella| | c. 1329-1330
second son of Pierre II de Grailly and Erembourga de Périgord| c. 1412
aged 81–83|-|}

House of Foix-Grailly

|width=auto| John I
1412 - 1436
with Isabella (1412 - 1428)| | c. 1382
eldest son of Archambaud and Isabella| (1) Joan of Navarre
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| 4 May 1436
Mazères, Ariège
aged 53–54|-|width=auto| Gaston IV
1436 - 1472| | 27 November 1422
eldest son of John I and Jeanne d'Albret| Eleanor of Navarre
30 July 1436
ten children| 25/28 July 1472
Roncevalles
aged 49|-|width=auto| Francis Phoebus
1472 - 1483| | November/December 1466
only son of Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana and Magdalena of Valois| never married| 30 January 1483
Pamplona
aged 16|-|width=auto| Catherine
1483 - 1517
with John II| | 1468
only daughter of Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana and Magdalena of Valois| rowspan="2"| 14 July 1484
Palacio Real de Olite
thirteen children| 12 February 1517
Mont-de-Marsan
aged 48–49|-|width=auto| John II
1484 - 1516
with Catherine| | 1469
second son of Alain I of Albret and Françoise, Countess of Périgord| 14 June 1516
Château de Pau
aged 46–47|-|}

House of Albret

See main article: Albret. |width=auto| Henry I
1517–1555| | 18 April 1503
Sangüesa
third son of John II and Catherine| Margaret of Angoulême
24 January 1527
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
two children| 25 May 1555
Hagetmau
aged 52|-|width=auto| Jeanne
1555–1572
with Antoine| | 7 January 1528
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
only daughter of Henry I and Margaret of Angoulême| (1) William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
14 June 1541
Château de Châtellerault
no issues
(2) Antoine of Navarre
20 October 1548
Moulins en Bourbonnais, Allier
five children| 9 June 1572
Paris
aged 44|-|width=auto| Antoine
1555-1562
with Jeanne| | 22 April 1518
La Fère, Picardy
second son of Charles, Duke of Vendôme and Françoise of Alençon| Jeanne
20 October 1548
Moulins en Bourbonnais, Allier
five children| 17 November 1562
Les Andelys, Eure
aged 44|-|}

House of Bourbon

See main article: House of Bourbon.

|width=auto| Henry II
1572 - 1607| | 13 December 1553
Château de Pau
second son of Antoine and Jeanne|(1) Margaret of Valois
18 August 1572
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
no issues
(2) Marie de' Medici
17 December 1600
Lyon
six children| 14 May 1610
Paris
aged 56|-|}In 1607 the county of Foix was reunited to the French crown.