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Gaston IV, Count of Foix

1422 - 1472

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Gaston IV (27 November 1422 – 25 or 28 July 1472) was the sovereign Viscount of Béarn and the Count of Foix and Bigorre in France from 1436 to 1472. He also held the viscounties of Marsan, Castelbon, Nébouzan, Villemeur and Lautrec and was, by virtue of the county of Foix, co-prince of Andorra. From 1447 he was also Viscount of Narbonne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston IV, Count of Foix has received more than 87,934 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gaston IV, Count of Foix is the 342nd most popular nobleman (down from 329th in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 180th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Gaston IV, Count of Foix ranks 342 out of 1,415. Before him are Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, Yodo-dono, Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, and Anne Geneviève de Bourbon. After him are Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, and Margaret Fredkulla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1422, Gaston IV, Count of Foix ranks 4. Before him are Agnès Sorel, Federico da Montefeltro, and Mircea II of Wallachia. After him are William Caxton, Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua, Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza, and Francesco Pesellino. Among people deceased in 1472, Gaston IV, Count of Foix ranks 7. Before him are Leon Battista Alberti, Michelozzo, Basilios Bessarion, Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, Nezahualcoyotl, and Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry. After him are Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Janus Pannonius, George of Trebizond, and John Vitéz.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gaston IV, Count of Foix ranks 196 out of 1,190. Before him are Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Paul Otlet (1868), Eden Hazard (1991), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), Robert Cailliau (1947), and Constantin Meunier (1831). After him are Juan de Flandes (1450), Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), Hugo Claus (1929), Herbert Wimmer (1944), Raymond Goethals (1921), and Jan Ceulemans (1957).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Belgium

Among noblemen born in Belgium, Gaston IV, Count of Foix ranks 6. Before him are Philippe of Belgium (1960), Pepin of Landen (585), John of Gaunt (1340), Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837), and Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165). After him are Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060), Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789), Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251), Antoinette de Mérode (1828), Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967), and Prince Baudouin of Belgium (1869).

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