Gaston, Prince of Viana, also called Gaston de Foix (1445 – 23 November 1470), was the son of
Gaston IV of Foix and Queen
Eleanor of Navarre
Eleanor of Navarre ( eu, Leonor and es, Leonor) (2 February 1426 – 12 February 1479), was a Navarrese princess and monarch. She served as the regent of Navarre from 1455 to 1479, during the absence of her father, and then briefly as the qu ...
, and was the heir of both. As Crown Prince of Navarre, he was called ''
Prince of Viana
The Prince or Princess of Viana ( es, Príncipe de Viana, eu, Vianako Printzea) is one of the titles of the heir of the Crown of Spain. Other associated titles originate from the rest of the kingdoms that formed Spain: Prince of Asturias, Pri ...
''.
He married
Magdalena of Valois, a daughter of
Charles VII of France and
Marie of Anjou on 7 March 1461 at
Lescar
Lescar (; oc, Lescar) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Lescar is the site of the Roman city known variously as Benearnum, Beneharnum or Civitas Benarnensium, the lo ...
. They had two children:
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Francis I of Navarre, 1467–1483, King of Navarre 1479–1483
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Catherine I of Navarre, 1470–1517, Queen-regnant of Navarre 1483–1517
Gaston died in 1470 from wounds received in a jousting tournament in
Libourne
Libourne (; oc, label= Gascon, Liborna ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Ém ...
,
Aquitaine
Aquitaine ( , , ; oc, Aquitània ; eu, Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Aguiéne''), archaic Guyenne or Guienne ( oc, Guiana), is a historical region of southwestern France and a former administrative region of the country. Since 1 Janu ...
, before his accession to the throne of
Navarre. Consequently, Francis I and Catherine I rose to the throne successively, but it was Gaston's wife Magdalena who actually pulled the strings of the crown all the way to Catherine's marriage to
John III of Albret in 1494, and her death in 1495.
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1444 births
1470 deaths
Heirs apparent who never acceded
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People from Libourne
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