Gaston II. De Foix-Candale

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Gaston II. De Foix-Candale († 1500 ) was Captal de Buch , titular count of Candale and Count of Bénauges and Vice-Count of Castillon since 1485 . He was a son of Jean IV. De Foix-Grailly and his wife Margarethe de la Pole.

Gaston came from the in Gascony wealthy house Grailly whose members during the Hundred Years War were followers of the kings of England. But after the end of the war, Gaston's father made peace with the French king and in 1461 received the family's previously confiscated property, which Gaston inherited. In addition to his inheritance, he also carried the title of Count of Candale ( Comte de Candale ), which goes back to the English title of Earl of Kendal , which was once given to his father by King Henry VI. awarded by England and withdrawn by King Edward IV . In 1488, Gaston was appointed by King Charles VIII of France in the lucrative office of a Grand Seneschal of Guyenne .

Marriages and offspring

Gaston was first married to his relative Catherine, a daughter of Count Gaston IV of Foix and his wife Queen Eleanor of Navarre , from 1469 . Your children were:

Gaston married Isabelle, a daughter of Sire Alain d'Albret and his wife Françoise de Châtillon , in their second marriage (around 1494) . Isabelle was a sister-in-law of Cesare Borgia . Your children were:

  • Alain, Vice Count of Castillon
  • Amanieu († 1559), Bishop of Carcassonne from 1552 to 1556 , Bishop of Mâcon from 1556 to 1559
  • Louise († October 1, 1534), married since July 7, 1514 to François de Melun , Lord of Antoing and Count of Epinoy
personal data
SURNAME Gaston II. De Foix-Candale
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Captal de book
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1500