NOBLEMAN

Germaine of Foix

1488 - 1536

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Ursula Germaine of Foix (c. 1488 – 15 October 1536) was an early modern French noblewoman from the House of Foix. By marriage to King Ferdinand II of Aragon, she was Queen of Aragon, Majorca, Naples, Sardinia, Sicily, and Valencia and Princess of Catalonia from 1505 to 1516 and Queen of Navarre from 1512 to 1516. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Germaine of Foix has received more than 337,761 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Germaine of Foix is the 187th most popular nobleman (down from 164th in 2019), the 987th most popular biography from France (down from 827th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Nobleman.

Germaine of Foix was a French noblewoman who became Queen Consort of Aragon after marrying King Ferdinand II of Aragon. She is known for her political influence during her husband's reign and for her patronage of the arts and culture in the court of Aragon. Germaine is also remembered for her tragic personal life, including the loss of several children and her eventual abandonment by her husband in favor of a younger mistress.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Germaine of Foix ranks 187 out of 1,415. Before her are Jobst of Moravia, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Frederick, Prince of Wales, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, and Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale. After her are Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Queen Noor of Jordan, Maria Theresa of Savoy, and Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1488, Germaine of Foix ranks 5. Before her are Titian, Jungjong of Joseon, Lütfi Pasha, and Ulrich von Hutten. After her are Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Sebastian Münster, Joseph Karo, Ferdinand Columbus, Charles II, Duke of Savoy, and Johannes Magnus. Among people deceased in 1536, Germaine of Foix ranks 6. Before her are Erasmus, Anne Boleyn, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Catherine of Aragon, and Baldassare Peruzzi. After her are William Tyndale, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Garcilaso de la Vega, John of Leiden, and Cecilia Gallerani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Germaine of Foix ranks 987 out of 6,770. Before her are Cardinal de Rohan (1734), Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800), Henri Giraud (1879), Daniel Cohn-Bendit (1945), Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486), and Philippe Ariès (1914). After her are Étienne Bézout (1730), Augustin Robespierre (1763), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Laurent Blanc (1965), Henrietta Maria of France (1609), and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Germaine of Foix ranks 31. Before her are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789), Robert Curthose (1054), Bertrada of Laon (720), and Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764). After her are Judith of Bavaria (797), Anne de Montmorency (1493), Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178), Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847), Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384), and Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831).

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