Isabella (r. 1398–1412)

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Isabella (r. 1398–1412)

Countess of Foix. Name variations: Isabel or Isabella of Foix. Reigned from 1398 to 1412; daughter of Gaston III Phebus, count of Foix (r. 1343–1391); sister of Matthieu de Castelbon, count of Foix (1391–1398); married Archambaud de Graille; children: at least one son, Jean de Graille, count of Foix.

Isabella, countess of Foix, was the daughter of Gaston III Phebus, count of Foix. Following the death of her brother Matthieu de Castelbon in 1398, Isabella ruled Foix for the next 14 years, until her own death in 1412.

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