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County of Foix
Origins
Around 1012 the lands of the count of Carcassonne were divided, and his son Bernard-Roger received the region around Foix, which became a separate county under the castle above the Ariège. His son Roger I is the first to be called count of Foix.
Rule and society
The counts ruled a mountainous land of pasture and iron mines. Count Raymond-Roger fought the crusaders in the Albigensian Crusade, and many of his family supported the Cathars. In 1290 the counts inherited Béarn, and Gaston III Fébus ruled both from Orthez as a near-sovereign prince and wrote a famous hunting book.
Decline and legacy
The house of Foix inherited the throne of Navarre in 1479, then passed to the Albrets. Through Jeanne d'Albret it reached Henry IV, who in 1607 united his personal lands, including Foix, with the Kingdom of France.
Lineage
On the connections map
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- Andorra was a protectorate of County of Foix1278 CE – 1607 CE
- County of Foix in personal union with Viscounty of Béarn1290 CE – 1607 CE
- Viscounty of Béarn in personal union with County of Foix1290 CE – 1607 CE
- County of Bigorre was part of County of Foix1425 CE – 1607 CE
- County of Foix in personal union with Kingdom of Navarre1479 CE – 1607 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). County of Foix. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/county-of-foix
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