Jacques de Foix, Count of Montfort

Jacques de Foix (1463–1508) was a Count of Montfort-l'Amaury and "Captal Buch," and the so-called “Infante of Navarre”.

Born in early 1463, he was the ninth child of Gaston IV, Count of Foix and Bigorre, Viscount of Béarn, and his wife Eleanor (or Leonora) of Aragon, Queen of Navarre.

[1] Jacques and his second wife had one child, Jean de Foix, abbot of Saint-Volusien-de-Foix.

[3] Jacques also had two illegitimate children by unknown mistresses: Frederic de Foix (d. 1537), Lord d'Almenèches, and Jacques de Foix (d. 7 Apr 1535), Bishop of Oloron and Lescar.

Jacques de Foix, Infante of Navarre died in 1508.

map showing Foix and Navarra
map showing Foix and Navarra