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Gaston III, Count of Foix

1331 - 1391

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Gaston III, known as Gaston Phoebus or Fébus (30 April 1331 – 1 August 1391), was the eleventh Count of Foix (as Gaston III) and twenty-fourth Viscount of Béarn (as Gaston X) from 1343 until his death. Due to his ancestral inheritance, Gaston III was overlord of about ten territories located between the Pays de Gascogne and Languedoc. He took advantage of the Hundred Years' War to establish his domination over the northern Pyrenean foothills, playing on the conflicts between French and English monarchies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston III, Count of Foix has received more than 104,378 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston III, Count of Foix is the 2,091st most popular writer (down from 2,003rd in 2019), the 2,348th most popular biography from France (down from 2,261st in 2019) and the 296th most popular French Writer.

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Notable Works

Das Jagdbuch des Mittelalters
Early works to 1800, Hunting, French Illumination of books and manuscripts
1994
Phebus des deduiz de la chasse des bestes sauvaiges et des oyseaux de proye
hunting
1507
Livre de chasse
Early works to 1800, Hunting, Illumination of books and manuscripts
1971
Le livre de la chasse
Hunting -- France -- Early works to 1800., Hunting -- Early works to 1800.
1986
Livre des oraisons
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prayers
1974
The hunting book of Gaston Phébus
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Early works to 1800, Hunting
1998
Livre de chasse
Early works to 1800, Hunting, Illumination of books and manuscripts
1971
Le livre de la chasse
Hunting -- France -- Early works to 1800., Hunting -- Early works to 1800., Hunting
1986
Medieval hunting scenes
Hunting, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Specimens
1978
The hunting book of Gaston Phébus
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Early works to 1800, Hunting
1998
The hunting book
French Illumination of books and manuscripts, Hunting, Early works to 1800
1984
Livre des oraisons
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Prayers
1974

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gaston III, Count of Foix ranks 2,091 out of 7,302. Before him are Cyprian Norwid, Aspazija, John Grinder, Walter Tevis, James M. Cain, and Philippe Sollers. After him are Tin Ujević, Jean Bruller, Yoshida Kenkō, Hamdallah Mustawfi, C. W. Ceram, and Constantine Manasses.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1331, Gaston III, Count of Foix ranks 5. Before him are Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France, Catherine of Vadstena, Coluccio Salutati, and Karl Thopia. After him is Michele Steno. Among people deceased in 1391, Gaston III, Count of Foix ranks 6. Before him are Tvrtko I of Bosnia, John V Palaiologos, Nicholas Kabasilas, Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, and Uliana of Tver. After him are Muhammad V of Granada, and Nicholas Tavelic.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston III, Count of Foix ranks 2,348 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Labrouste (1801), Patricia Kaas (1966), Gabriel Hanot (1889), Michel Gondry (1963), Jacques Villon (1875), and Philippe Sollers (1936). After him are Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (1498), Jean Bruller (1902), Bernadette Chirac (1933), Anne Golon (1921), Magdalena of France (1443), and Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (1851).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gaston III, Count of Foix ranks 296. Before him are Catherine Breillat (1948), Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Yasmina Reza (1959), Sophie de Condorcet (1764), Dominique Venner (1935), and Philippe Sollers (1936). After him are Jean Bruller (1902), Anne Golon (1921), François Coppée (1842), Gaston Paris (1839), Maurice Joly (1829), and Yvan Goll (1891).

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