Foix, Germaine de (1488–1538)

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Foix, Germaine de (1488–1538)

Queen of Aragon and Naples. Born 1488; died 1538; niece of Louis XII, king of France; m. her great-uncle Ferdinand II (1474–1516), king of Aragon (r. 1479–1516), in 1505 (one year after the death of his 1st wife, Isabella I of Castile); children: one son Juan, who died in infancy.