Gaston III of Foix-Béarn, also Gaston Fébus or Gaston Phoebus (April 30, 1331 - 1391) was the 11th count of Foix, and viscount of Béarn (1343-1391). April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years). ... Events Stefan Dusan declares himself king of Serbia Start of the reign of Emperor Kogon of Japan, first of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Births Deaths Abulfeda, geographer Categories: 1331 ... Events Many Jews left Barcelona after the 1391 massacres, though a large number remained in the city. ... County of Foix coat of arms 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 département of Ariège (the western part being Couserans). ... Béarn coat of arms Béarn ( Gascon: Bearn or Biarn) is a former province of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. ... -1...

He was born in Orthez, the son of Gaston II (1308-1343) and his wife Aliénor. He married Agnés (1334-1396), daughter of Philip III of Navarre and Joan II of Navarre. Events Henry VII is elected as king of the Holy Roman Empire. ... Events Births Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Amadeus VI of Savoy, Count of Savoy (d. ... Events September 25 - Bayezid I defeats Sigismund of Hungary and John of Nevers at the Battle of Nicopolis. ... Philip III of Navarre and Philip of Evreux (1301 – 1343) – Philippe, comte dÉvreux in Fr. ... Joan II, or Jeanne II, Queen of Navarre, born 1311, died 1349, was the only daughter of king Louis X of France and Navarre, born of his first marriage with Margaret of Burgundy. ...

Béarn had passed to the county of Foix in 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 Pau, a site that had been fortified by the 11th century., which was later made the official capital of Béarn Province in 1464. Events King Edward I of England banishes all Jews from Britain. ... Château de Pau Pau is a city of southwestern France, préfecture (capital) of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département. ... Events February - Norway who was also serving as King of Sweden is declared deposed from the later throne. ...

Jean Froissart recorded the splendour of the court of Orthez under Gaston Fébus in the latter half of the 14th century. Jean Froissart (~1337 - ~1405) was one of the most important of the chroniclers of medieval France. ...

He was succeeded as count of Foix by Mathieu of Foix-Castelbon.