François de Foix de Candale was a religious, literary and noble of France, born in 1502 and died in 1594. Biography
François de Foix de Candale was the duke of Candela, commodeur of the Orders of the King and bishop of Aire-sur-l'Adour.
The House of Candale is a branch of the House of Foix, and Candale, Earl of England, enters the House of Foix by the marriage of Jean de Foix I with Marguerite of Suffolck, heiress of the county
As a literary man translated the "Pimandre" of Mercure Trismegiste and the "Elements" of Euclides, which accompanied a commentary, and opened a chair of geometry in Bordeaux. Works
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