Le projet d’union matrimoniale entre le royaume de Majorque et le Foix-Béarn (1340)

The relations between the Catalan lands and, on the one hand, the Viscount of Béarn, on which the Moncades had reigned since the 12th century, and on the other the county of Foix, were ancient. The union of the two Occitan houses in 1290 established a powerful seigneury in the north of the Pyrenees....

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Main Author: Dominique Bidot-Germa
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Civilisations et Littératures d’Espagne et d’Amérique du Moyen Âge aux Lumières (CLEA) - Paris Sorbonne 2017-10-01
Series:E-Spania
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/e-spania/27077
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Summary:The relations between the Catalan lands and, on the one hand, the Viscount of Béarn, on which the Moncades had reigned since the 12th century, and on the other the county of Foix, were ancient. The union of the two Occitan houses in 1290 established a powerful seigneury in the north of the Pyrenees. One understands the geopolitical interest that King James II of Majorca found in 1340 to the matrimonial union between his daughter Isabelle and Gaston, heir of the Foix-Bearn, union negotiated with Gaston II. At the latter's death, in 1343, the wedding project was abandoned under the pressure of the King of Aragon; the kingdom of Majorca disappeared the following year and, in 1349, the young Gaston III married Agnes of Navarre.
ISSN:1951-6169