Theviscounts ofBéarn (Basque:Bearno,Gascon:Bearn orBiarn) were the rulers of theviscounty of Béarn, located in thePyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the threeBasque provinces ofSoule,Lower Navarre, andLabourd, as well as small parts ofGascony, it forms the currentdépartement ofPyrénées-Atlantiques (64).

Béarn is bordered by Basque provincesSoule andLower Navarre to the west, by Gascony (Landes andArmagnac) to the north, byBigorre to the east, and by Spain (Aragon) to the south.

Until 1251, probably all counts of Gascony descended from the House Gascony, head of the Duchy of Gascony.

• 1170–1173 :William I (married to Mary)
• 1173–1215 :Gaston VI the Good (son)
• 1215–1223 :William Raymond (brother of previous)
• 1223–1229 :William II (son)
• 1229–1290 :Gaston VII the Great (son)
• 1290–1319 :Margaret (daughter of, marriedRoger-Bernard III of Foix)

• 1302–1315 :Gaston VIII (son of, also count of Foix)
• 1315–1343 :Gaston IX (son of, also count of Foix)
• 1343–1391 :Gaston X Phoebus (son of, also count of Foix)
• 1391–1398 :Matthew (son ofRoger Bernard II, viscount of Castelbon, who was son ofRoger Bernard I, viscount of Castelbon, who was younger brother ofGaston II of Foix-Béarn, also count of Foix and viscount of Castelbon)
• 1398–1428 :Isabelle (sister of, also countess of Foix and viscountess of Castelbon, marriedArchambaud of Grailly)

• 1412–1436 :John I (son of, also count of Foix, viscount of Villemur and count of Bigorre)
• 1436–1472 :Gaston XI (son of, also count of Foix, viscount of Nébouzan and count of Bigorre, marriedEleanor of Navarre, queen of Navarre) (References to "Gaston of Bearn" in history texts often refer to him)
• 1479–1483 :Francis Phoebus (son ofGaston of Foix, prince of Viane, also king of Navarre, count of Bigorre, count of Foix))
• 1483–1517 :Catherine (sister of, also queen of Navarre, countess of Bigorre, countess of Foix), marriedJohn of Albret, king of Navarre

In 1512Ferdinand II of Aragon conquered the better part of thekingdom of Navarre, leaving the kingdom with only the small section it held north of the Pyrenees.

• 1517–1555 :Henry I (son of, also king of Navarre, count of Foix, duke of Albret, count of Bigorre)
• 1555–1572 :Joan (daughter of, queen of Navarre, countess of Foix, duchess of Albret, countess of Bigorre, marriedAnthony of Bourbon)

• 1572–1607 :Henry II (son of, alsoking of France, king of Navarre, duke of Bourbon, duke of Vendôme, count of Bigorre, count of Foix)

In 1620 theviscountcy of Béarn was reunited to the French crown, whereasLower Navarre was in 1607.

• Pierre Tucoo-Chala (2000), Princi Negue-Librairie des Pyrénées & de Gascogne (ed.),Petite histoire du Béarn (in French), Pau,ISBN 2846180644

• "L'historie du Béarn" (in French). Retrieved12 May 2017.

• Fors de Béarn

• Viscounts of Béarn
• Béarn

• Use dmy dates from April 2021
• CS1 French-language sources (fr)