Béarn coat of arms

Béarn ( The Gascon language is an Occitan dialect mostly spoken in Gascony (in the French départements of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Landes, Gers, Gironde, a part of Lot-et-Garonne, a part of Haute-Garonne, and a part of Ariè... Gascon: Bearn or Biarn) is a former The kingdom of France was organized into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département system superseded provinces. The change was an attempt to eradicate local loyalties based on feudal ownership of land and focus all loyalty on the central government in Paris. The names of... province of France, located in the For other meanings see: Pyrenees, Victoria and Montes Pyrenaeus. Central Pyrenees The Pyrenees ( French: Pyrénées; Spanish: Pirineos; Occitan: Pirenèus or Pirenèas; Catalan Pirineus; Aragonese: Perinés; Basque: Pirinioak) are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border... Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France. Along with the three This article is about the Basque people. For the article of clothing, see basque (clothing). The Basques (Euskaldunak) are an indigenous people who inhabit parts of both Spain and France. They are found predominantly in four provinces in Spain and three in France. This area _ the Basque Country (Basque... Basque provinces of Categories: France geography stubs | Basque | Zuberoa ... Soule, Basse-Navarre (Nafarroa Beherea in Basque) is a former French province, part of the present day Pyrénées Atlantiques département. Along with Navarre of Spain, it was once ruled by the Kings of Navarre. Basse-Navarre is one of the seven provinces of the traditional Basque Country. Its... Lower Navarre, and Labourd (Lapurdi in Basque; from Latin Lapurdum) is a former French province and part of the present-day Pyrénées Atlantiques département. It is one of the seven provinces of the traditional Basque Country. Labourd extends from the Pyreenees to the river Adour, along the Atlantic coast. To... Labourd, as well as small parts of Gascony (Gascogne in French) is a region in southwest France. It encompasses départements of Landes, Gers, and Hautes-Pyrénées and parts of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Lot-et-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne, Haute-Garonne, Gironde, and Ariège. Main industries are : fishing stock raising wine making... Gascony, it forms the current The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. They are subdivided into 342 arrondissements. Départements are also found in Côte dIvoire. Administrative role Each... département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques ( Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio-Atlantiarrak or Pirinio-Atlantikoak) is a département in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. History Basses-Pyrénées was one of the... Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64).

Béarn is bordered by Soule to the west, by Gascony ( Landes is a département in southern France. History Historically, Landes was part of Gascony. It was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the provinces of Guyenne and Gascony. Geography Landes is part of... Landes and The hilly Armagnac region in the foothills of the Pyrenées, between the Adour and Garonne rivers is a historic comté of the Duchy of Gascony (Gascogne), established in 601 CE in the southwest of Aquitaine (now France). The first Count of Armagnac was Bernard le Louche (). When Gascogne was... Armagnac) to the north, by Bigorre to the east, and by The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spain ( Capital Zaragoza Area  - total  - % of Spain Ranked 4th 47 719 km 9,4% Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density Ranked 11th 1 217 514 2,9% 25,51/km Demonym  - English  - Spanish Aragonese aragon s Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 ISO 3166... Aragon) to the south.

Although Béarn was included in the original borders of France as established by the In the Treaty of Verdun of 843 the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious divided his territories, the Carolingian Empire, into three kingdoms. When Louis the Pious died in 840, the eldest son, Lothar, claimed overlordship over his brothers kingdoms and supported the claim of his nephew Pepin II... Treaty of Verdun in Events Treaty of Verdun divides the Carolingian empire between the 3 sons of Louis the Pious. Namely Charles the Bald, Lothar and Louis the German. Kenneth MacAlpin, King of the Scots, makes himself King of the Picts. The resulting unified Scottish/Pictish Kingdom is called Alba. Beginning of the rule... 843, its inclusion in the kingdom was controversial. After Béarn passed to the The Comté de Foix in 1328 The independent Counts of Foix, with their castle overlooking the town of Foix, now in southernmost France, governed their county of Foix, which corresponded roughly to the eastern part of the modern departement of Ariège. During the later Middle Ages Foix was independent... county of Foix in Events King Edward I of England banishes all Jews from Britain. University of Lisbon founded. Births John Parricida, son of Duke Rudolph II of Austria Duke Leopold I of Austria - August 4 Deaths May 10 - Duke Rudolph II of Austria December 18 - Sweden 1275-1290 Eleanor of Castile Categories: 1290... 1290, Count Gaston III Fébus paid homage to the king for his own county, but refused to give homage for Béarn, which he claimed as an independent fief, with its chief seat his stronghold at Château de Pau Pau is a city of southwestern France, préfecture (capital) of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département. Population (1999): 78,732. Geography Pau was the capital of the former province of Béarn. The site, on a slight elevation overlooking the valley of the mountain... Pau, a site that had been fortified by the 11th century, which was made the official capital the seat of Béarn Province in 1464. Later, the territory passed through heiresses to the The Kingdom of Navarre traditionally evolved from the county of Pamplona, its traditional capital, when the Basque leader Iñigo Aritza was chosen King in Pamplona, traditionally in 824, and led a local revolt against the Franks. The kingdom of Pamplona and then Navarre formed part of the traditional territory... Kingdom of Navarre (see below), and this inclusion in a foreign state (though ruled by descendents of the French The direct Capetian Dynasty followed the Carolingian rulers of France from 987 to 1328. From 1328 to 1830, with the interruption of the French Revolution, kings of France from the Valois and Bourbon Dynasty - cadet branches of the Capetian family - ruled. List of Capetian kings of France 987 - 996, Hugh... Capetian dynasty) contributed to its doubtful relationship to the Kingdom of France.

Eventually, Béarn fell to Henry III of Navarre, who inherited it from his mother, while at the same time the Kingdom of Navarre was almost entirely annexed by Spain (with only Basse-Navarre (Nafarroa Beherea in Basque) is a former French province, part of the present day Pyrénées Atlantiques département. Along with Navarre of Spain, it was once ruled by the Kings of Navarre. Basse-Navarre is one of the seven provinces of the traditional Basque Country. Its... Lower Navarre, north of the For other meanings see: Pyrenees, Victoria and Montes Pyrenaeus. Central Pyrenees The Pyrenees ( French: Pyrénées; Spanish: Pirineos; Occitan: Pirenèus or Pirenèas; Catalan Pirineus; Aragonese: Perinés; Basque: Pirinioak) are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border... Pyrenees, not annexed by Spain). Henry III of Navarre became King By Frans Pourbus the younger. Henry IV (French: Henri IV) (December 13, 1553 - May 14, 1610), called the Great (French: le Grand), was the first of the Bourbon kings of France, reigning from 1589 until 1610. As a Protestant he was involved in the Wars of Religion before acceding to... Henry IV of France in Events Rebellion of the Catholic League against King Henry III of France, in revenge for his murder of Duke Henry of Guise. They proclaim the deposition of the King, and acclaim the imprisoned Cardinal de Bourbon as the rightful King of France, calling him Charles X. The King makes peace... 1589, but he kept all his estates distinct from France. It was only in Events January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. (Possibly tsunami) April 25 - Battle of Gibraltar Dutch fleet destroys anchored Spanish fleet April 26 - English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia, later moving up the James River to found Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement... 1607 that he conceded to the demands of the Parlements (pronounced in French) in ancien régime France — contrary to what their name would suggest to the modern reader — were not democratic or political institutions, but law courts . Membership in those courts was generally bought from the royal authority; and such positions could be made hereditary... Parlement of Paris, and reunited with the French crown his domains of The Comté de Foix in 1328 The independent Counts of Foix, with their castle overlooking the town of Foix, now in southernmost France, governed their county of Foix, which corresponded roughly to the eastern part of the modern departement of Ariège. During the later Middle Ages Foix was independent... County of Foix, Bigorre, Quatre-Vallées, and Nébouzan, conforming to the tradition that the king of France would have no personal domain. However, he refused to unite Béarn and Lower Navarre with the French crown, since these territories were sovereign countries, not formally under French sovereignty like County of Foix, Bigorre, and his other estates.

Thus Béarn and Lower Navarre remained only in a personal union with France (i.e. united to France through the person of Henry, both King of France and King of Navarre). It was only in Events September 6 - English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. The Mayflower Compact is signed on November 11. November 8 - The Battle of White Mountain Two officers of the British East India Company attempt to... 1620, ten years after his death, that Béarn and Lower Navarre were united to the French crown and entered French sovereignty, but the title of King of Navarre was kept by the kings of France until the The period of the French Revolution in the history of France covers the years between 1789 and 1799, in which democrats and republicans overthrew the absolute monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While France would oscillate among republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years... French Revolution.

Previously, in Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. Hernando de Soto introduced Pigs into North America 6 Articles Statute of English Parliament, important in the English Reformation Lutheranism is forcefully introduced to Iceland, despite the opposition of... 1539, the The Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts is an extensive piece of reform legislation signed into law by François I of France on August 10, 1539 in the city of Villers-Cotterêts. Largely the work of chancellor Guillaume Poyet, this legislative edict, in 192 articles, dealt with a number... Edict of Villers-Cotteret had ordained that laws would be enacted in French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. In 1999 French was the 11th most spoken language in the world being spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother tongue, and... French (to the detriment of Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. It is said... Latin and smaller local languages), but Béarn was not yet part of France and the edict did not apply there. Instead, after its incorporation into France, laws continued to be enacted in the Occitan, or langue doc is a Romance language characterized by its richness, variability, and by the intelligibility of its dialects. It is spoken by about 2 million people in France, Italy, and Spain (Ethnologue, 2005). Up to an estimated 7 million people in France understand the language. The use... langue d'oc until the The period of the French Revolution in the history of France covers the years between 1789 and 1799, in which democrats and republicans overthrew the absolute monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While France would oscillate among republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years... French Revolution.

See also: Béarnaise sauce

A viscount is a member of the European nobility, especially of France, and of the British peerage, where a viscount ranks above a baron, below an earl (a count in France), and corresponds in Britain to the Anglo-Saxon shire reeve. A viscount is said to hold a viscounty or... Viscounts of Béarn

House of Béarn

• Centulf I of Bearn ?-866
• Lupus I of Bearn 866-905 (son)
• Centulf II of Bearn 905-940 (son)
• Gaston I of Bearn 940-984 (son)
• Centulf III of Bearn 984-1004 (son)
• Gaston II of Bearn 1004-1022 (son)
• Centulf IV of Bearn 1022-1058 (son)
• Gaston III of Bearn 1058-1068 (son)
• Centulf V of Bearn 1068-1090 (son)
• Gaston IV (died 1131), was viscount of Béarn from 1090 to 1131. He was called le Croisé (the Crusader) due to his participation in the First Crusade. Gaston had earlier fought in the Reconquista in Spain, and followed Raymond IV of Toulouse on crusade in 1096. He was one... Gaston IV of Bearn 1090-1131 (son)
• Centulf VI of Bearn 1131-1134 (son)
• Guiscarde of Bearn 1134-1154 (daugther)

House of Gabarret

• Pierre I Roger de Gabarret, viscount of Gabarret 1134 (married to Guiscarde)
• Pierre II of Gabarret 1134-1153 (son)
• Gaston V of Gabarret 1153-1170 (son)
• Marie of Gabarret 1170-1173 (sister)

House of Montcada

• Guillem I of Montcada 1170-1173 (married to Marie)
• Gaston VI of Montcada 1173-1215 (son)
• Guillem Ramon I of Montcada 1215-1223 (son)
• Guillem II of Montcada 1223-1229 (son)
• Gaston VII of Montcada 1229-1290 (son)
• Margaret of Montcada 1290-1319 (daughter)

House of Foix-Béarn

• Roger-Bernard III of Foix, Roger-Bernard I as viscount of Béarn, 1290-1302, count of Foix (married to Margaret)

Béarn was united to Foix is a small town and commune, the préfecture (capital) of the Ariège département in France. It lies south of Toulouse, close to the border with Spain and Andorra. Population (1999): 9,109. Château des Comtes de Foix History The town of Foix probably owes its... Foix in Events King Edward I of England banishes all Jews from Britain. University of Lisbon founded. Births John Parricida, son of Duke Rudolph II of Austria Duke Leopold I of Austria - August 4 Deaths May 10 - Duke Rudolph II of Austria December 18 - Sweden 1275-1290 Eleanor of Castile Categories: 1290... 1290: see This is a list of counts of Foix. Aznar III, lord of Foix, count of Couserans, count of Comminges (890-940) Arnold I, lord of Foix, count of Couserans, count of Comminges (920-957) Roger I the Old, lord of Foix, lord of Comminges, count of Couserans (957-990) Bernard... List of counts of Foix.