Grailly

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Grailly is a noble family from the Pays de Gex who rose through marriage in the nobility of southern France. It obtained, among other things, the county of Foix , the Duchy of Nemours and the title of King of Navarre .

Tribe list

  1. Jean I. de Grailly from the Pays de Gex
    1. Pierre II. De Grailly , attested in 1356, Viscount de Bénauges et de Castillon , 1348 founding member of the Order of the Garter ; ⚭ I Assalhilde de Bordeaux, Captale de book ; ⚭ II Rosemburge de Périgord , daughter of Hélie de Talleyrand, Comte de Périgord ( House of Périgord )
      1. (I) Jean II. De Grailly, attested in 1343, Captal de Buch, Vicomte de Bénauges et de Castillon; ⚭ Blanche de Foix, daughter of Gaston I , Count of Foix ( House Comminges )
        1. Jean III de Grailly († 1376), Captal de Buch, called "le grand captal", 1364 Count of Nemours , 1369 English Comte de Bigorre , Knight of the Order of the Garter
      2. (II) Archambaud de Grailly († 1413), 1365 Viscount de Castillon et de Gurson, 1376 Captal de Buch (although not a descendant of the House of Bordeaux) and Viscount de Bénauges, 1398 Count of Foix etc .; ⚭ 1380 Isabelle , 1398 Comtesse de Foix et de Bigorre, Vicomtesse de Béarn et de Castelbon etc., sister of Count Mathieu ( House Comminges )
        1. John I , Count of Foix, Vice Count of Béarn and Villemur (1412–1436), received Bigorre as a royal fief in 1426 , ⚭ Jeanne d'Albret ( House of Albret )
          1. Gaston IV. , Count of Foix and Bigorre, Viscount of Béarn , Nébouzan, Villemeur and Lautrec , Peer of France , (1436-1472) ⚭ Eleonore Countess of Foix 1472-1479, Queen of Navarre in 1479
            1. Gaston († 1470) Prince of Viana
              1. François-Fébus , King of Navarre 1479–1483, Count of Foix and Bigorre, Vice-Count of Béarn, Peer of France
              2. Catherine , Queen of Navarre 1483–1512, ⚭ Jean d'Albret , King (John III.) Of Navarre 1484–1516 ( House of Albret )
            2. Pierre le Jeune († August 10, 1490), Elect of Vannes and Bishop of Aire , cardinal
            3. Jean († 1500), Vice Count of Narbonne and Count of Étampes
              1. Gaston († April 11, 1512), Duke of Nemours and Count of Beaufort
              2. GermaineFerdinand II the Catholic , King of Aragon , 1512–1516 also King of Navarre
            4. Marie († 1467), ⚭ since 1465 with Margrave Guglielmo X. von Montferrat
            5. Jeanne († 1576), ⚭ since 1469 with Count Johann V von Armagnac ( House of Lomagne )
            6. Marguerite († 1486), ⚭ since 1471 with Duke Francis II of Brittany
            7. Catherine († before 1494), ⚭ since 1469 first wife of Count Gaston II. De Foix-Candale (see below)
            8. Isabelle, † 1504; ⚭ I Jacques Vicomte de Turenne; ⚭ II Pedro de Peralta y Ezpeleta , 1st Conde de Santistebn de Lérin ( House of France-Évreux )
          2. Peter de Foix († 1454), Vice Count of Lautrec
            1. Jean de Foix († after 1498), Vice Count of Lautrec
              1. Odet de Foix († August 15, 1528), Vice Count of Lautrec and Count of Beaufort, Marshal of France ( Maréchal de Lautrec )
              2. Thomas de Foix († March 3, 1525), Bishop of Tarbes , Marshal of France ( Maréchal de Lescun )
              3. André de Foix († 1547), lord of Lesparre
              4. Françoise de Foix († October 16, 1537), mistress of King Francis I of France
        2. Gaston I. de Foix-Grailly († after 1455), Captal de Buch, Count Bénauges and Longueville, Knights of the Order of the Garter
          1. Jean IV. De Foix-Grailly († 1485), English Earl of Kendal , from 1461 Captal de Buch and Count of Béanuges, Knight of the Order of the Garter
            1. Gaston II. De Foix-Candale († 1500), Captal de Buch, Count of Candale and Bénauges
              1. (I) Gaston III. de Foix-Candale († 1536), Captal de Buch, Count of Candale and Bénauges
                1. Charles († 1528), Comte de Astarac
                2. Jean V († 1528), Comte de Astarac
                3. Frédéric de Foix-Candale († 1571), Comte de Candale, de Bénauges et d'Astarac, Captal de Buch; ⚭ Françoise de La Rochefoucauld , daughter of Comte François II.
                  1. Jean VI, Comte de Astarac
                  2. Henry de Foix-Candale († 1572), Comte de Candale, de Bénauges et d'Astarac, Captal de Buch; ⚭ Marie de Montmorency, daughter of Anne de Montmorency , Duc de Montmorency ( list of the Montmorency family )
                    1. Francoise
                    2. Marguerite de Foix-Candale († 1593), Comtesse de Candale, de Bénauges et d'Astarac, Captale de Buch; ⚭ 1587 Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette , 1st Duc d'Epernon († 1642)
                  3. Christophe, Bishop of Aire
                  4. Henri-François de Foix-Candale (* 1512, † 1594), 1576 Bishop of Aire , 1572–1587 Captal de Buch as guardian of Henri's daughters
              2. (I) Jean de Foix-Candale († 1529), Archbishop of Bordeaux
              3. (I) Pierre de Foix-Candale (†?), Baron de Langon
              4. (I) Anne de Foix-Candale († July 26, 1506), ⚭ October 6, 1502 King Wladislaw II of Bohemia and Hungary
              5. (II) Alain (†?), Vice-Count of Castillon
              6. (II) Amanieu († 1559), from 1552 to 1556 Bishop of Carcassonne and 1556–1559 Bishop of Mâcon
              7. (II) Louise († October 1, 1534), ⚭ since 1514 with François de Melun, Lord of Antoing and Count of Epinoy
            2. Jean (†?), Vice Count of Meilles (descendants as dukes of Randan until 1714)
            3. Catharine († 1510), ⚭ since 1468 Count Karl von Armagnac ( House of Lomagne )
            4. Marguerite († December 9, 1536), ⚭ since 1492 with Margrave Ludwig II of Saluzzo ( Aleramides )
          2. Isabelle, † 1459; ⚭ Jacques I, † 1474/75, Sire de Pons ( House of Pons )
        3. Archambaud († September 10, 1419)
        4. Mathieu († December 1453), by marriage Count von Comminges
        5. Pierre l'Ancien († December 13, 1464), Bishop of Lescar and Archbishop of Arles , Cardinal
    2. Jean de Grailly, in Savoy - descendants

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