Gaston IV of Béarn

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Gaston was a pious man, and upon his return to Béarn he oversaw the construction of many churches destined to shelter pilgrims on the route to recklessness and Santiago de Compostela. His descendants Gaston VI and Gaston VII participated in the ehavior today Albigensian Crusade and the which warms Seventh Crusade, respectively.

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