Matthew, Count of Foix

Mathew of Foix
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.

Ancestry

Family of Matthew, Count of Foix

16. Roger-Bernard III, Count of Foix               8. Gaston I, Count of Foix                       17. Margaret of Montcada, Viscountess of Béarn               4. Roger Bernard III, Viscount of Castelbon                             18. Philip of Artois               9. Jeanne of Artois                       19. Blanche of Brittany               2. Roger Bernard IV, Viscount of Castelbon                                   20. Lope Ferrench de Luna               10. Artal, Lord of Luna                       5. Constance of Luna                             22. James de Aragón, Lord of Segorbe, illegitimate son of Peter III of Aragon               11. Constance de Aragon, Lady of Segorbe                       23. Sancha Fernández               Matthew, Count of Foix                                         12. Garcie-Arnaud IV de Navailles, Viscount of Sault de Chalosse                       6. Garcia Arnaud IV, Baron de Navailles                             13. Marthe Séguin de Rions                       3. Gerauda of Navailles                                   7. Béarnaise de Miramont

Matthew, Count of Foix House of Foix-Castelbón Cadet branch of the House of Foix Born: circa 1363 or after Died: August 1398
French nobility
Preceded by Gaston III (X)	Count of Foix Viscount of Béarn 1391–1398	Succeeded by Isabella & Archambaud
Preceded by Gerauda	Lord of Navailles and Sault 1384–1398
Preceded by Roger Bernard IV	Viscount of Castelbón 1381–1398	Aragonese occupation