Gaston De Foix, duke of Nemours, a French general, born in 1489, killed at Ravenna, April 11, 1512. He was the son of Jean de Foix, viscount of Narbonne, and of Marie d'Orleans, sister of Louis XII. In 1505 he was made duke of Nemours. In the beginning of 1512, at the age of 23, he was appointed commander of the French army in Italy, to carry on the war with Venice, the pope, and King Ferdinand of Spain, who had formed a holy league" against Louis XII. He raised the siege of Bologna, defeated the Venetian army under the walls of Brescia, and on the same day carried that city by storm. A few weeks later, on April 11, he brought the allied army to a decisive action under the walls of Ravenna, and, in one of the most hotly contested battles ever fought, defeated them with a loss on both sides of 20,000 men. Flushed with victory, he was exasperated at the deliberate manner in which the Spanish infantry left the field, and charged them rashly in person, followed by Bayard and about 20 other knights. He broke their line, but his horse was wounded, and fell in the midst of the enemy. When Bayard reached him he was already dead. His loss so disheartened the French that they reaped little advantage from their great victory.

A monument near Ravenna marks the place where he fell.