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GASTON III., COUNT DE and Viscount de Béarn, a French military officer; born in 1331; acquired the surname of Phœbus. He was handsome, accomplished, and brave, and spent his life in war and the chase. His first service in arms was against the English in 1345.
During the revolt known as la Jacquerie he contributed to the rescue of the Dauphin at Meaux. He made war on the Count of Armagnac, and took him prisoner; was for a short time governor of Languedoc; and in 1390 magnificently entertained Charles VI. at his château of Mazères. Gaston was of excessively violent temper, and probably was guilty of the murder of his own son. He wrote a book on the pleasures of the chase, of which several editions were published.
He died in 1391.