Agnès de Navarre

Agnes of Navarre (, ; 1337 – 4 February 1397) was the daughter of Philip III of Navarre and Joan II of Navarre, and became Countess of Foix on marriage to Gaston III, Count of Foix. She was rumoured to have had an affair with poet Guillaume de Machaut and so inspired his poem Le Voir Dit. Poetry A collection of her poetry Poésies d'Agnès de Navarre-Champagne, dame de Foix edited by was published in 1856. Marriage In 1349, Agnès married Gaston Fébus, Count of Foix. This was a strategic marriage, as the counts of Foix were neighbours who had provided military support in a 1335 war between Navarre and Castile. Joan II of Navarre (mother of Agnès) and Aliénor, Countess Dowager of Foix (mother of Gaston) arranged the marriage. Agnès' dowry, issued in May 1349, was substantial, and included rents of territories to be given to the couple by Philip VI of France. The couple married on 4 August 1349, before the entire French court. In December, Agnès renounced her rights to the crown of Navarre in exchange for a promise of the payment of the balance of her dowry. The couple had one son who died at birth in 1359, and another in 1362, who was named Gaston.