About Gaston II, Count of Foix
Lived 1305 – 1343 (aged 37–38). Gaston II, Count of Foix was an aristocrat.
Gaston II of Foix-Béarn (1308 – September 1343), son of Gaston I of Foix-Béarn and Joan of Artois, was the count of Foix.
In 1315, after the death of his father Gaston I, he became count of Foix, and viscount of Béarn, Marsan, Gabardan, Nébouzan and Lautrec under the regency of his mother, Joan of Artois. Count Gaston II imprisoned his mother in 1331 at the Château of Foix, being later moved in turn to Orthez, Lourdes and Carbonne.
Gaston II married his cousin Eleanor of Comminges, He died at Seville in 1343.
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Who was Gaston II, Count of Foix?
French noble
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Gaston II, Count of Foix was born in 1305.
When did Gaston II, Count of Foix die?
Gaston II, Count of Foix died on 26 September 1343 in Algeciras.
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Gaston II, Count of Foix was an aristocrat.
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