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Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn

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28: 105:, would not accept it. Towards the end of his life he reneged and declared as his heir his youngest daughter, Guillemette, but upon his death Béarn was seized by Margaret's husband, 186: 169:. Fourteen-year-old Edward was then granted the duchy by his father. In January 1276 Gaston surrendered to Edward and was imprisoned at 72: 138: 17: 263: 320: 301: 376: 182: 241: 134: 235: 106: 56: 275: 68: 64: 194: 102: 201: 371: 366: 248: 158: 150: 231: 98: 97:, one in 1247 and another in 1250. In that same year Gaston declared his second daughter, 52: 8: 256: 222: 214: 204:(died 1310), succeeded in Marsan and Bigorre. Married, firstly, on 23 March 1260, to the 162: 226: 166: 126: 173:. Three years later he made an agreement with Edward whereby his lands were restored. 316: 297: 271: 267: 122: 60: 27: 154: 218: 205: 141:, in 1248. In 1250 he was brought to England with Simon, who pardoned him there. 190: 38: 360: 90: 101:, to be the heir of Béarn, but his third daughter and her powerful husband, 170: 161:
pursued a diplomatic strategy; he arranged a marriage between his son
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The Eagles of Savoy: The House of Savoy in Thirteenth-Century Europe
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Gaston was highly reputed as a warrior, staunch defender of the
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However, in 1252 Gaston once more rebelled when he allied with
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Guillelme (or Guillemette; died 1309), affianced in 1270 to
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Gaston VII of Béarn

Latin
Viscount of Béarn
Guillermo II de Montcada
House of Montcada
Alfonso II of Provence
Garsenda of Forcalquier
Roger-Bernard III of Foix
fueros
Fors de Bearn
Aspe
Margaret
Geraud VI of Armagnac
Roger-Bernard III of Foix
Béarnais
French
English
Gascony
Order of the Faith and Peace
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
Alfonso X of Castile
Duchy of Gascony
Henry III
Edward
Eleanor
Winchester
Martha, Viscountess of Marsan
Boson de Mathe
Cognac

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