{"id":"matthew-count-of-foix","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/matthew-count-of-foix","language":"en","name":"Matthew, Count of Foix","name_en":"Matthew, Count of Foix","name_ne":null,"description":"Co-prince of Andorra, pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Aragon in the name of his wife in 1398","headline":"Co-prince of Andorra, pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Aragon in the name of his wife in 1398","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Matthew was a count of Foix and viscount of Béarn. He was son of Roger-Bernard V of Foix viscount of Castelbon and Géraude de Navailles. In 1391 he succeeded Gaston Phoebus, his first cousin once removed, as count. He asserted the sovereignty of Béarn and, as son-in-law of John I, contested the Crown of Aragon with John's brother Martin I from 1396. He and his wife, Joanna, had no children.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1363","date":"1363"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562433#P569"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"August 1398","date":"1398-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562433#P570"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562433#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"aristocrat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2478141"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562433#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Joanna of Aragon, Countess of Foix","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q283528"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562433#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"French co-prince of Andorra (1396–1398)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19808845","start":"1396","end":"1398-08"},{"text":"French co-prince of Andorra (1391–1396)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19808845","start":"1391-08-01","end":"1396"},{"text":"count of Foix (1391–1398)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24851389","start":"1391","end":"1398"},{"text":"pretender to the Aragonese throne","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118185826"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562433#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%2C_Count_of_Foix","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562433"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Matthew, Count of Foix born?","a":"Matthew, Count of Foix was born on 1363."},{"q":"What positions has Matthew, Count of Foix held?","a":"Positions held by Matthew, Count of Foix include: French co-prince of Andorra (1396–1398); French co-prince of Andorra (1391–1396); count of Foix (1391–1398); pretender to the Aragonese throne."}],"related":[{"name":"Napoleon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/napoleon"},{"name":"Vincent Auriol","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/vincent-auriol"},{"name":"Philippe Pétain","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/philippe-petain"},{"name":"Louis XIV","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/louis-xiv"},{"name":"Louis XVIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/louis-xviii"},{"name":"Charles X of France","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/charles-x-of-france"},{"name":"Jeanne d'Albret","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jeanne-d-albret"},{"name":"Catherine of Navarre","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/catherine-of-navarre"},{"name":"Isabella of Foix","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/isabella-of-foix"},{"name":"Henry II of Navarre","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/henry-ii-of-navarre"},{"name":"Francis Phoebus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francis-phoebus"},{"name":"Gaston III of Foix","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gaston-iii-of-foix"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Matthew, Count of Foix","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%2C_Count_of_Foix","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q562433","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562433","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Matthew, Count of Foix, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Matthew, Count of Foix\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/matthew-count-of-foix. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T06:42:23Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/matthew-count-of-foix","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/matthew-count-of-foix","ne":null}}