Germaine of Foix (1488-18 October 1538) was queen consort of Aragon, the second wife of Ferdinand the Catholic of Aragon, married in 1505 after the death of his first wife, Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Castille. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning king. Aragon ( Spanish: "Aragón") is an autonomous community of Spain. Ferdinand II of Aragon the Catholic (Fernando II de Aragón y V de Castilla "el Católico" Ferran II d'Aragó "el Catòlic" Ferrando II d'Aragón
She was a daughter of Jean de Foix, vicomte de Narbonne, infante of Navarre and comte d'Étampes, by his wife, Marie d'Orléans. John of Foix (1450 &ndash 1500 Etamps France was a younger son of Gaston IV of Foix and Queen Eleanor of Navarre. The Kingdom of Navarre (Reino de Navarra Nafarroako Erresuma Royaume de Navarre originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, was a European kingdom which occupied lands on either This is a list of the Counts and Dukes of Étampes, a French fief Her paternal grandparents were Gaston de Grailly, comte de Foix and the Queen regnant Eleanor of Navarre. Gaston IV Count of Foix Viscount of Bearn ( 27 November 1422 - 25 July / 28 July 1472) was a French nobleman who founded a brief-ruling counts of Foix ruled the independent County of Foix, in what is now southern France, during the Middle Ages. List of current queens regnant A queen regnant (plural "queens regnant" is qualifying reference to a female Monarch possessing and exercising all of the monarchal Eleanor of Aragon (Leonor ( Olite, Navarre (now Spain) 2 February 1426 &ndash Tudela Navarre (now Spain) 12 February 1479 Her maternal grandparents were Charles, duc d'Orléans and Marie of Cleves. Charles of Valois Duke of Orléans ( November 24, 1394 &ndash January 5, 1465) became Duke of Orléans in 1407 following the murder Marie of Cleves ( 19 September, 1426 - 23 August, 1487) was born in Prussia to Adolph I of Cleves and Marie of Burgundy. Her only maternal uncle was Louis XII of France. Louis XII ( June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) called "the Father of the People" (Le Père du Peuple was the thirty-fifth king
Following the death of Isabella, Ferdinand had to yield the government of Castile to his son-in-law Philip of Habsburg (1478-1506), who assumed power in the name of his wife Joanna (Juana la Loca, 1479-1555), Isabella's heir. Ferdinand objected to Philip's policies and to prevent Philip from gaining Aragon through Joanna, he married Germaine of Foix in the hope of having a son, who would take precedence over Joanna for the Crown of Aragon. The Crown of Aragon was a permanent union of multiple titles and states in the hands of the King of Aragon. This included Aragon, Valencia and Catalonia in Spain, and the Kingdom of Naples, Kingdom of Sicily and Sardinia in the Italian peninsula and the Tyrrhenian Sea. Aragon ( Spanish: "Aragón") is an autonomous community of Spain. The Valencian Community ( Valencian and official Comunitat Valenciana; Comunidad Valenciana is an Autonomous community located in central to Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. The Kingdom of Naples was an informal name of the Polity officially known as the Kingdom of Sicily which existed on the mainland of the southern Italian The Kingdom of Sicily (Regnum Siciliae or Sicilie Regno di Sicilia, commonly abbreviated Regno) was a state that existed in the south of Italy Sardinia (sɑrˈdɪnɪə Sardegna Sardigna or Sardinnya is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily) Th Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula (Penisola italiana or Penisola appenninica) is one of the three Peninsulas of Southern Europe The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mar Tirreno is part of the Mediterranean Sea off of the western coast of Italy.
Germaine was bright but not attractive. Being however a niece of Louis XII, King of France (reigned 1498-1515), did gain a short truce and brief alliance between the two kings, who were most often at war. In 1506 Philip of Habsburg died and Ferdinand became regent of Castile for his mentally unstable daughter Joanna. Ferdinand and Germaine did have a son, Juan, Prince of Aragon (3 May 1509) but he died almost at once. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Despite the use of love potions, they did not have another.
Ferdinand's diplomatic deviousness and off and on alliances with France infuriated Henry VIII of England (born 1491, reigned 1509-1547), married to Ferdinand and Isabella's youngest daughter, Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536). Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536 also known as Catharine, Katherine or Katharine ( Castilian Infanta Catalina To spite Ferdinand and for his own advantage, Henry in 1514 forced his sister Mary (1496-1533) into a loveless marriage with Louis XII, who died the next year. This article is about Mary Queen consort of France. For her niece and namesake Mary Tudor Queen regnant of England, see Mary I
In 1516, Ferdinand died, leaving Germaine a widow. Ferdinand's successor was the later Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, elder son of Philip and Joanna. Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was Charles arranged for Germaine to marry in 1519, at Barcelona, the margrave Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach, a landless cadet and cousin of Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg. Margrave (marchio is the English and French form (recorded since 1551 of the German Title Markgraf (from Mark " This article refers to the general definition of cadet A Cadet may also be a member of the Cadets, a historical Russian Political party. Joachim I Nestor ( 21 February 1484 – 11 July 1535) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1499-1535 In 1523 Charles appointed the couple jointly viceroys of Valencia. A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province in the name of and as representative of the Monarch.
On Johann's death in 1526, Germaine married Ferdinand of Aragón, Duke of Calabria, a son of King Frederick IV of Naples (1496-1501) by his second wife Isabella del Balzo. Ferdinand of Aragón Duke of Calabria (Spanish Fernando de Aragón Duque de Calabria (1488-1550 was a Neapolitan Aristocrat of royal blood who played a significant Frederick IV ( April 19, 1452 &ndash November 9, 1504) sometimes known as Frederick I or Federico d'Aragona, was the last Isabella of Balzo (d 1533 was the second wife and only Queen consort of Frederick IV of Naples. The two continued as viceroys of Valencia and were patrons of the arts and music. Germaine died in 1538. The Duke of Calabria continued in office until his death in 1550.
| Preceded by Isabella of Castile |
Queen Consort of Aragon, Majorca, Valencia, and Sicily,Countess Consort of Barcelona Queen consort of Naples 1505–1516 |
Succeeded by Isabella of Portugal |
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