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Encyclopedia > Margaret of Foix
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Marguerite de Foix, (c.1449 – 15 May 1486, Nantes), was, by marriage, Duchess of Brittany from 1474 to 1486. May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... Events Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies. ... Traditional city flag City coat of arms Motto: (Latin: Shall Neptune favour the traveller) Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Département Loire-Atlantique (44) Région Pays-de-la-Loire Mayor Jean-Marc Ayrault (PS) (since 1989) Intercommunality Urban Community of Nantes City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 65. ...


She was the daughter of Gaston IV of Foix (1425-1472), Count of Foix, and Eleanor of Navarre (1426-1479). Gaston IV, Count of Foix, Viscount of Bearn (27 November 1422 - 25 July/28 July 1472) was a French nobleman, who founded a brief-ruling dynastic house of the Kingdom of Navarre. ... Eleanor de Foix (1425-Tudela, 1479), regent (1455-1479) and queen (1479) of Navarre. ...


On 27 June 1474, at Clisson, she married Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1435-1488), son of Richard of Brittany (1395-1438), comte d'Étampes (1421-1438), and of Marguerite d'Orléans (1406-1466), comtesse de Vertus (1423-?). It was François' second marriage, his first wife (Marguerite of Brittany) having died in 1469. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... Events December 12 - Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. ... Clisson is a town in western France, in the département of Loire-Atlantique (Brittany), situated at the confluence of the Sèvre Nantaise and the Moine 17 miles south-east of Nantes (reachable by rail). ... Francis II (in French François II) (June 23, 1433 – September 9, 1488), was duke of Brittany, from 1458 to his death. ...


From the union were born two children:

  • Anne (1477-1514), Duchess of Brittany (1488-1514), and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and again from 1499 to 1514, being the wife in succession to Charles VIII and Louis XII
  • Isabeau (1478-1490)

Marguerite de Foix is buried in the cathedral of Nantes, beside her husband and Marguerite of Brittany, in a magnificant tomb named the Tomb of François II, and which is a chief French work of the Renaissance. Portrait of Anne of Brittany by Jean Bourdichon Anne of Brittany (January 25, 1477 – January 9, 1514), also known as Anna of Brittany (French: Anne de Bretagne; Breton: Anna Vreizh), was a French aristocrat, who was to become queen to two successive French kings, and ruling Duchess of Brittany. ... Charles VIII the Affable (French: Charles VIII lAffable) (June 30, 1470 – April 7, 1498) was King of France from 1483 to his death. ... Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) was King of France 1498 – January 1, 1515. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ...


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