Mathew of Foix | |
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Count of Foix | |
Reign | 1391–1398 |
Spouse(s) | Joanna of Aragon |
Noble family | Foix |
Father | Roger Bernard IV, Viscount of Castelbon |
Mother | Gerauda of Navailles |
Born | c. 1363 or after |
Died | August 1398 |
Matthew (c. 1363 – 1398) was a Count of Foix and French military leader. In 1391 he succeeded Gaston Phoebus, his first cousin once removed, as Count of Foix. He contested Martin I of Aragon for the throne of Aragon after Martin succeeded John I of Aragon in 1396. His wife Joanna was the elder daughter of John I of Aragon, but she died childless.