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  2. Gaston de Foix, duc de Nemours (10 December 1489 – 11 April 1512), nicknamed The Thunderbolt of Italy, [1] was a famed French military commander of the Renaissance. Nephew of King Louis XII of France and general of his armies in Italy from 1511 to 1512, he is noted for his military feats in a career which lasted no longer than a few months.

  3. In 1507, it was given by Louis XII of France to his nephew, Gaston de Foix, who was killed at the Battle of Ravenna in 1512. The duchy then returned to the royal domain and was detached from it successively for Giuliano de Medici and his wife Philiberta of Savoy in 1515, for Louise of Savoy in 1524, and for Philip of Savoy, Count of Genevois ...

  4. Apr 11, 2021 · Gaston de Foix, Duke de Nemours, was a stellar military commander with talents in the military arts well ahead of his time. He died during Italian wars on the 11th of April 1512 at only 23. Gaston was the first love of Marguerite d’Angoulême, sister of King François I of France.

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  5. Nov 26, 2016 · Gaston de Foix, duc de Nemours (10 December 1489 – 11 April 1512), also known as The Thunderbolt of Italy, was a French military commander noted mostly for his brilliant six-month campaign from 1511 to 1512 during the War of the League of Cambrai.

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    • "Vicomte de Narbonne"
    • Midi-Pyrénées
    • December 10, 1489
  6. 5 days ago · Quick Reference. (1489–1512), French soldier in the Wars of Italy, the nephew of King Louis XII of France. At the age of 22 Gaston was given the command of the French army ... From: Foix, Gaston de, Duke of Nemours in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance ». Subjects: History — Early Modern History (1500 to 1700)

  7. Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489–1512). In R. Schlesinger (Ed.), Portraits from the French Renaissance and the Wars of Religion (pp. 57-68). University Park, USA: Penn State University Press.

  8. English: Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours (December 10, 1489 - April 11, 1512) was a French military commander noted mostly for his brilliant six-month campaign from 1511 to 1512 during the War of the League of Cambrai, before he was killed near Ravenna. Son of Jean de Foix, Comte d'Estampes, and Marie d'Orleans, sister of Louis XII of France.

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