Gaston de Foix

Also known as: Gaston · Family: Foix · Role: son and heir of the Count de Foix · First appears: Book 3, Chapter 4, part 1/2

In Book 3, Chapter 4, Gaston de Foix grew up as the son and heir of Count Gaston Phœbus de Foix, becoming “a fine young gentleman.” He married the daughter of the Count d’Armagnac, sister of Sir Bernard d’Armagnac, and the marriage secured peace between Foix and Armagnac. Later, while visiting his mother at Navarre, he could not persuade her to return with him. As he departed, King of Navarre gave him a bag of poison and urged him to use it against his father; Gaston agreed to do so.

Three days after his return, Evan, his bastard brother, told the Count about the powder Gaston wore and what Gaston had said about their mother returning to favor. Gaston and Evan slept in the same chamber, were dressed alike, and “mutually loved each other.” The Count tested the powder on a dog, which died, then had Gaston confined in a dungeon. On the day of Gaston’s death, the Count accidentally cut a vein in his throat with a knife, and Gaston died. He was buried at the church of the Augustine Friars at Orthès.