André de Foix

André de Foix († 1547) was a son of Jean de Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, and his wife Jeanne d' Aydie. His older brothers were the marshals Odet and Thomas de Foix, sister Françoise was the mistress of King Francis I of France. André 1521 was known by a failed campaign against Spain as a French general.

In 1521 intended King Francis I of France, the claims of the Navarrese King Henry II of the House of Albret in his kingdom, which had been annexed in 1512 by Spain to support militarily. He appointed André de Foix, who was a distant cousin Albrets, commander of an army, which included 300 lances and 6,000 foot soldiers. This is Foix continued on 10 May of the same year in march and crossed the Pyrenees. When the Spanish king and emperor Charles I learned of this, he is said to have shouted: "God is my witness that I have not started this war. France wants to make me taller than I am. "

On May 19, conquered Foix Pamplona, capital of Navarre. The defenders of the city was Ignatius of Loyola, who was seriously wounded in this battle. The next day, Foix Tudela could take, then he crossed the Ebro and penetrated so ago in Castilian territory and took over the siege of Logroño on. However, the defense of the city proved too strong and forced Foix to break off the siege and retreat to Navarre. There he was defeated by the army of the Duke of Nájera in Noáin (5 km south of Pamplona ) crushing on 30 June and fell into the captivity of the enemy; his conquests were returned to Spain, making the last attempt to rid Navarre from Spanish rule had failed. At home Albret of Navarre remained only a small strip of land north of the Pyrenees (Lower Navarre ) was that after the inheritance of the house of Bourbon in 1572 actually to a province was.

From his captivity Foix was removed a short time later after his defeat, he then took back to France services in the wars against Italy Habsburg part.