Infanta Catherine of Navarre
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Catherine de Foix was a French
noblewoman.
She was a daughter of Gaston IV
, Count of Foix and Eleanor of Navarre
. Grand-daughter of John II of Aragón
and Blanche I of Navarre
.
Catherine married Gaston II de Foix, Count of Candale and Benauges.
They had four children:
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
noblewoman.
She was a daughter of Gaston IV
Gaston IV, Count of Foix
Gaston IV, Count of Foix, Viscount of Béarn was a French nobleman from Bearn, who founded a brief-ruling dynastic house of the Kingdom of Navarre.He was a son of John I, Count of Foix and Jeanne d'Albret...
, Count of Foix and Eleanor of Navarre
Eleanor of Navarre
Eleanor of Aragon , Regent and the queen regnant of Navarre in 1479...
. Grand-daughter of John II of Aragón
John II of Aragon
John II the Faithless, also known as the Great was the King of Aragon from 1458 until 1479, and jure uxoris King of Navarre from 1425 until his death. He was the son of Ferdinand I and his wife Eleanor of Alburquerque...
and Blanche I of Navarre
Blanche I of Navarre
Blanche I was Queen of Navarre from 1425 to 1441. She became queen regnant upon the death of her father King Charles III of Navarre...
.
Catherine married Gaston II de Foix, Count of Candale and Benauges.
They had four children:
- Gaston de Foix, 3rd Count of Candale.
- Jean de Foix, Archbishop of Bordeaux.
- Pierre de Foix, died without issue.
- Anne de Foix, married King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary.