Jacques de Foix
Jacques de Foix was a sixteenth century Catholic Bishop of Oloron and then Lescar, both in France.[1]
The former Oloron Cathedral, now St Mary's Church.
Early life
De Foix was the son of an unknown mistress and Jacques de Foix Infante de Navarra (1469-1500), Count de Montfort. He was a grandson of Gaston IV, Count of Foix and Eleanor of Navarre monarch of the Kingdom of Navarre.
Catholic bishop
He was Bishop of Oloron from 1521 until 1534 and Bishop of Lescar from 1534 until 1553.[2] He probably died 7 Apr 1553.
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See also
References
- J. Michael Hayden, Malcolm R. Greenshields, Six Hundred Years of Reform: Bishops and the French Church, 1190-1789 (McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2005) page 379.
- Bishops of Oloron at G Catholic Website.
Further reading
- Jonathan A. Reid (2009). King's Sister - Queen of Dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and Her Evangelical Network. BRILL. pp. 522–524. ISBN 978-90-04-17760-4.
- Hugh Noel Williams (1916). The Pearl of Princesses: The Life of Marguerite D'Angoulême, Queen of Navarre. Brentano's. pp. 284, 49.
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| Preceded by Giovanni Salviati |
Bishop of Oloron 1521–1534 |
Succeeded by Gérard Roussel |
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