- Gaston Fébus, also Gaston III, Count of Foix-Béarn (1331-1391), with vast estates on the Western Pyrenees.
- Outstanding warrior and war contractor who led mercenary companies in Aragon and Navarre. Sustained a long rivalry with the Armagnacs coming out the victor.
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He was quite wealthy and a great patron of the arts. Author of the Livre de Chasse (1387).
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Bibliography: Richard Vernier, Lord of the Pyrennes: Gaston Fébus, Count of Foix, 1331-1391 (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, Boydell & Brewer, 2008).
Gaston Phoebus