André de Foix, Lord of Lesparre (or Asparroz or Asparrots), (1490 – 1547) was a French General.

He was the son of Jean de Foix, vicecount of Lautrec

Lautrec

Lautrec is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.- Demography :-Remarkable sites:Lautrec is listed among "The Most Beautiful Villages of France" as well as a "Remarkable Site for Taste" thanks to its renowned pink garlic...

 and governor of the Dauphiné

Dauphiné

The Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois is a former province in southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of :Isère, :Drôme, and :Hautes-Alpes....

, and of Jeanne d'Aydie de Lescun. His sister was Françoise de Foix

Françoise de Foix

Françoise de Foix, Comtesse de Châteaubriant was a mistress of Francis I of France.-Background:Françoise was the daughter of Jean de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, and Jeanne d'Aydie. Her father was the son of Pierre de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec; Pierre had been a younger brother of Gaston IV of Foix,...

, mistress of King Francis I of France

Francis I of France

Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...

. His brothers Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec and Thomas, lord of Lescun

Thomas de Foix-Lescun

Thomas de Foix-Lescun , commonly known as Lescun, was a French commander during the Italian War of 1521, and the brother of Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, André de Foix, Lord of Lesparre and Françoise de Foix....

, were also promoted to high positions in the military by the King, by the influence of Françoise.

After the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre

Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre

A series of wars between 1512–1524 led to the Spanish conquest of the Iberian part of Navarre. Ferdinand of Aragon was in 1512 both King of Aragon and Regent of Castile. When Pope Julius II declared a Holy League against France, Navarre tried to remain neutral...

 in 1512, he was appointed in 1521 by Henry II of Navarre

Henry II of Navarre

Henry II was the eldest son of John III of Navarre and Catherine I of Navarre, sister and heiress of Francis Phoebus, King of Navarre; he was born at Sangüesa.-King of Navarre:...

 commander of a Gascoigne-Navarrese army, to try for the third time to recapture the Kingdom of Navarre

Kingdom of Navarre

The Kingdom of Navarre , originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, was a European kingdom which occupied lands on either side of the Pyrenees alongside the Atlantic Ocean....

. At first, the campaign was successful and Navarre was recaptured in May, but on June 30 1521, Lesparre's army suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Noáin

Battle of Noáin

The Battle of Noáin or the Battle of Esquiroz, fought on June 30 1521 was the only mayor battle in the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre. It was a decisive victory for the Spanish against the invading Franco-Navarrese army.- Prelude :...

 against the Spanish. 5.000 men were lost and Lesparre himself was wounded and captured, but later released for ransom.

He died in the Italian Wars

Italian Wars

The Italian Wars, often referred to as the Great Italian Wars or the Great Wars of Italy and sometimes as the Habsburg–Valois Wars, were a series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 that involved, at various times, most of the city-states of Italy, the Papal States, most of the major states of Western...

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