FOIX, GASTON DE

gästôNˈ də fwä, 1489–1512, duc de Nemours, French general in the Italian Wars; nephew of King Louis XII. As commander of the French army in Italy in 1512, he proved his outstanding ability, making his small army highly effective by the use of surprise and forced marches. He relieved Bologna, defeated the Venetians at Isola della Scala and Brescia, and successfully laid siege to Ravenna, where he was killed.

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books on: Foix Gaston De  - 377 results

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Michel de Montaigne
Book by Edward Dowden, Alexander Jessup; J.B. Lippincott, 1905
Subjects: Montaigne, Michel De--1533-1592
...who bore an illustrious name --Diane de Foix. She looked forward to the birth of...Under the leadership of the Sieur de Puymoreau they speedily became masters...citizens. The tocsin pealed from the Hotel de Ville, the streets were filled with...
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Olivier de Clisson and Political Society in France under Charles V and Charles VI
Book by John Bell Henneman; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996
Subjects: Clisson, Olivier De--1336-1407, England--Relations--France, France--Politics And Government--1328-1589, France--Relations--England, Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453--Biography, Nobility--France--Brittany--Biography, Soldiers--France--Biography
...because he and his local allies owed large ransoms to the count of Foix, who had captured them in a private war some years earlier...land by conquest, and Edward offered this reward to Olivier de Clisson promising, him whatever aid was needed to help him conquer...
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Louise de la Valliere
Book by Alexandre Dumas, David Coward; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Fiction, France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715--Fiction, La Valliere, Francoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc--duchesse de--1644-1710--Fiction
OXFORD WORLDS CLASSICS LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE ALEXANDRE DUMAS was...wasted on grandiose follies like the Chateau de Monte Cristo, which he built to symbolize...Marguerite Duras, Marcel Pagnol, and Restif de La Bretonne. For Oxford Worlds Classics...
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Marguerite de Navarre: Mother of the Renaissance
Book by Patricia F. Cholakian, Rouben C. Cholakian; Columbia University Press, 2006
Subjects: Authors, French--16th Century--Biography, Marguerite--Queen, Consort Of Henry Ii, King Of Navarre--1492-1549, Queens--Navarre (Kingdom)--Biography
...the Spanish infante, whom Floride wants to marry, is Gaston de Foix, a nephew of Louis XII and reputed to be the handsomest...according to Maulde La Claviere she had her heart set on Gaston de Foix, a young man so graceful and well proportioned that...
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The Vicomte de Bragelonne
Book by Alexandre Dumas, David Coward; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Fiction, France--History--Louis Xiv, 1643-1715--Fiction
...knows that the Prince de Conde was so called...le Prince! said Gaston, with an inquietude...to wait? asked M. de Saint-Remy. A glance from Madame emboldened Gaston, who replied: No...enthusiasm, and M. de Saint-Remy louder than the rest. Gaston hung down his head...
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journal articles on: Foix Gaston De  - 4 results

 
 
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Lotto's Lucretia
Journal article by Rona Goffen; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 52, 1999
Subjects: Adultery--Social aspects, Lotto, Lorenzo--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...in Armor, often misidentified as Gaston de Foix, see Martin. 27 See Dunkerton...Wierix (1549-circa 1618) and Jacques de Gleyn II (1565-1629). In Italy, one...Savoldos sogenanntes "Bildnis des Gaston de Foix" Zum Problem des Paragone in der...
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Fabius Maximus in Venice: Doge Andrea Gritti, the War of Cambrai, and the Rise of Habsburg Hegemony, 1509-1530 [*]
Journal article by Robert Finlay; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 53, 2000
Subjects: Gritti, Andrea--Military policy, Holy Roman Empire--History, Venice, Italy--History
...early February, Spanish troops under Gaston de Foix, the twenty-two-year old nephew of...October 1520 to March 1521, Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, the French marshall...months after the sack of Brescia, de Foix was killed at the battle of Ravenna...
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Christian Pessimism on the Walls of the Vatican Galleria Delle Carte Geografiche
Journal article by Walter Goffart; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 51, 1998
Subjects: Geography, Historical--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Maps, Early--Analysis, Vatican City--Galleries and museums
...over the Holy League that Julius II formed against them. Gaston de Foix, killed late in the battle, was indispensable to the...Continent. Oxford, 1971. Weiss, Ch. "Lautrec, Oder de Foix, viconte de." Biographie universelie 23: 388-89. Repr...
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Reading Romance in Late Medieval England: The Case of the Middle English Ipomedon
Journal article by Jordi Sanchez-Marti; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 83, 2004
Subjects: Anglo-Saxon language, Criticism, Ipomadon (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Literary criticism, Medieval romances--Criticism and interpretation, Oral reading--History, Oral reading--Social aspects
...39). (26) Didascalicon: De Studio Legendi. A Critical...over 30,000 lines) for Gaston Phebus, Count of Foix in the course of ten weeks...Library, Additional MS 33994 de Poele, full priste in his armes, / Pe faire Fere de Calabre, now faren are...


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encyclopedia articles on: Foix Gaston De  - 5 results

 
 
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Foix, Gaston De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FOIX, GASTON DE gastoN d fwa, 1489 1512, duc de Nemours, French general in the Italian Wars ; nephew of King Louis XII. As commander of the French army in Italy in 1512, he proved his outstanding ability, making his small army highly effective...
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Nemours, Gaston De Foix, Duc De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NEMOURS, GASTON DE FOIX, DUC DE see Foix, Gaston de . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Gaston De Foix
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GASTON DE FOIX see Foix, Gaston de . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Louis XII , King of France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Italian territories were attacked (1511) by Pope Julius IIs Holy League , he committed their defense to Gaston de Foix, but after Gastons death (1512) his troops were forced by the Swiss (then the popes main allies) to evacuate Milan. In 1513...
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Ravenna , City, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1509. During the Italian Wars the French defeated (1512) Spanish and papal forces at Ravenna; the French commander, Gaston de Foix, died in the battle. Ravenna is famous for its colorful mosaics (see mosaic ) of the 5th and 6th cent., which show...


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