List of Navarrese monarchs

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Coat of Arms of the Kings of Navarre since 1212. Currently it is used as Coat of Arms of the French Basse Navarre and the ville of Donapaleu - Saint Palais, in Basse Navarre (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

This is a list of the kings of Pamplona (Iruña in Basque), later Navarre. Pamplona was the primary name of the kingdom until its union with Aragon (1076–1134). However, the territorial designation Navarre came into use as an alternative name in the late tenth century, and the name Pamplona was retained well into the twelfth century.

Contents

• 1 Monarchs of Pamplona
  • 1.1 House of Íñiguez, ? 824–905
• 2 Monarchs of Pamplona/Navarre
  • 2.1 House of Jiménez, 905–1076
• 3 Monarchs of Navarre and Aragon
  • 3.1 House of Jiménez, Aragon branch 1076–1134
• 4 Monarchs of Navarre
  • 4.1 House of Jiménez, senior line (restoration), 1134–1234
  • 4.2 House of Champagne, 1234–1284
  • 4.3 House of Capet, 1284–1349
  • 4.4 House of Évreux, 1328–1441
  • 4.5 House of Trastámara, 1425–1479
    • 4.5.1 Claimants against John II, 1441–1464
  • 4.6 House of Foix, 1479–1518
  • 4.7 House of Albret, 1518–1572
  • 4.8 House of Bourbon, 1572–1620
• 5 Current claimants
• 6 References
• 7 See also
• 8 External links

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The Íñiguez dynasty founded the Navarrese kingdom (of Pamplona) in or around 824 when they rebelled against nominal Frankish (Carolingian) authority.

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Íñigo Arista
? 824–851/2 4 children 851/2 García Íñiguez
851/2–882 son of Íñigo Arista 5 children 882 Fortún Garcés
882–905 son of García Íñiguez Oria
5 children (deposed 905)

In 905, a coalition of neighbors forced Fortún Garcés to retire to a monastery, and enthroned in his place a scion of a new dynasty. Under their reign, the name Navarre began to supplant that of Pamplona.

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Sancho I Garcés
905–925 Toda of Navarre
6 children 11 December 925
Resa Jimeno Garcés
925–931 3 children 931 García Sánchez I
931–970 919
son of Sancho I Garcés and Toda of Navarre Andregota Galíndez of Aragon
1 child
Teresa Ramírez of León
3 children 970
aged 51 Sancho II Garcés Abarca
970–994 after 935
son of García Sánchez I and Andregota Urraca Fernández
4 children December 994 García Sánchez II
994–1004 son of Sancho II Garcés Abarca and Urraca Fernández 981
4 children 1004 Sancho III the Great
1004–1035 985
Muniadona Mayor
1010
4 children 18 October 1035 García Sánchez III
1035–1054 1016
son of Sancho III the Great and Muniadona Mayor 1038
9 children 15 September 1054
Atapuerca Sancho IV Garcés
1054–1076 1039
Placencia
1068
3 children 4 June 1076
Peñalén

With the assassination of Sancho IV, Navarre was invaded by his cousins Alfonso VI of Castile and Sancho Ramirez of Aragon, and the latter made king, leading to a half-century of Aragonese control.

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Sancho V Ramirez
1076–1094 1042
Isabel of Urgel
1065
1 child
Felicia of Roucy
1076
2 children 4 June 1094
Huesca
aged 48 Peter
1094–1104 1068
son of Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón and Navarre and Isabel of Urgel Agnes of Aquitaine
1086
2 children
Bertha of Aragon
1097
No children 28 September 1104
Aran Valley
aged 36 Alfonso
1104–1134 1073
son of Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón and Navarre and Felicia of Roucy Urraca of Castile
1109
No children 8 September 1134
Huesca
aged 61

The death of Alfonso led to a succession crisis in Aragon, and the nobles of Navarre took advantage to reestablish an independent monarchy, crowning a grandnephew (through an illegitimate brother) of the assassinated Sancho IV.

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death García Ramírez
1134–1150 Marguerite de l'Aigle
1130
4 children
Urraca of Castile
24 June 1144
2 children 21 November 1150
Lorca Sancho VI
1150–1194 1133
son of García Ramírez and Marguerite de l'Aigle Sancha of Castile
1157
6 children 27 June 1194
Pamplona Sancho VII
1194–1234 1157
Tudela
son of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile Constance of Toulouse
1195
6 children 7 April 1234
Tudela See also: Count of Champagne

The death of Sancho VII, the last of the Jimenez kings, led to the crown of Navarre being inherited by the son of his sister Blanca, Countess of Champagne, she having been regent during much of her brother's reign.

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Theobald I
1234–1253 30 May 1201
Troyes
son of Theobald III of Champagne and Blanca of Navarre Gertrude of Dagsburg
1220
No children
Agnes of Beaujeu
1222
1 child
Margaret of Bourbon
1232
6 children 8 July 1253
Pamplona
aged 52 Theobald II
1253–1270 1238
son of Theobald I of Navarre and Margaret of Bourbon Isabelle of France
6 April 1255
No children 4 December 1270
Trapani
aged 32 Henry I
1270–1274 1244
son of Theobald I of Navarre and Margaret of Bourbon Blanche of Artois
1269
2 children 22 July 1274
aged 30 Joan I
1274–1305 14 January 1271
Bar-sur-Seine
daughter of Henry I of Navarre and Blanche of Artois Philip IV of France
16 August 1284
7 children 4 April 1305
Château de Vincennes
aged 34 See also: Kings of France Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Philip I (Philip IV of France)
1284–1305 1268
Fontainebleau
son of Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon Joan I of Navarre
16 August 1284
7 children 29 November 1314
Fontainebleau
aged 46 Louis I (Louis X of France)
1305–1316 4 October 1289
Paris
son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre Margaret of Burgundy
21 September 1305
1 child
Clémence d'Anjou
19 August 1315
1 child 5 June 1316
Vincennes
aged 26 John I
1316 15 November 1316
Paris
son of Louis X of France and Clémence d'Anjou never married 20 November 1316
Paris
5 days Philip II (Philip V of France)
1316–1322 1292
Lyon
son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre Jeanne II, Countess of Burgundy
1307
7 children 3 January 1322
Longchamp
aged 29 Charles I (Charles IV of France)
1322–1328 19 June 1294
Clermont
son of Philip IV of France and Jeanne I of Navarre Blanche de Bourgogne
1307
2 children
Marie de Luxembourg
1322
4 children 1 February 1328
Vincennes
aged 34 Joan II
1328–1349 28 January 1312
Charenton-le-Pont
daughter of Louis X of France and Margaret of Burgundy Philip III of Navarre
8 children 6 October 1349
Charenton-le-Pont
aged 37 See also: Count of Évreux Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Philip III
1328–1343 27 March 1306
son of Louis count of Evreux and Margaret of Artois Joan II of Navarre
8 children 16 September 1343
Jerez de la Frontera
aged 37 Charles II
1349–1387 10 October 1332
Évreux
son of Philip III of Navarre and Joan II of Navarre Joan of France
7 children 1 January 1387
Pamplona
aged 54 Charles III
1387–1425 22 July 1361
Nantes
son of Charles II of Navarre and Joan of France Eleanor of Castile
1375
8 children 8 September 1425
Olite
aged 64 Blanche I
1425–1441 1385
Castile
daughter of Charles III of Navarre and Eleanor of Castile Martin I of Sicily
26 December 1402
1 child
John II of Aragon
10 June 1420
4 children 3 April 1441
Santa María la Real de Nieva
aged 56 See also: King of Aragon, King of Valencia, Count of Barcelona, and King of Sicily Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death John II
1425–1479 29 June 1397
Medina del Campo
son of Ferdinand I and Eleanor of Alburquerque Blanche I of Navarre
6 November 1419
4 children
Juana Enríquez
2 children
20 January 1479
Barcelona
aged 81 Eleanor
1479 2 February 1425
Olite
daughter of John II of Aragon and Blanche I of Navarre Gaston IV, Count of Foix
11 children 12 February 1479
Tudela
aged 54

During the war against king John II, there were two who claimed his throne.

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Charles IV
House of Trastamara
1441–1461 29 May 1421
Peñafiel
son of John II of Aragon and Blanche I of Navarre Agnes of Cleves
No children 23 September 1461
Barcelona
aged 40 Blanche II
House of Trastamara
1461–1464 1424
Olite
daughter of John II of Aragon and Blanche I of Navarre Henry IV of Castile
No children 2 December 1464
Orthez
aged 40 See also: Counts of Foix Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Francis Phoebus
1479–1483 12 April 1467
son of Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana and Magdalena of Valois never married 12 February 1483
Pau
aged 16 Catherine
1483–1517 1468
daughter of Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana and Magdalena of Valois John III of Navarre
13 children 12 February 1517
Mont-de-Marsan
aged 49

John III was defeated by Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1512, who then conquered southern Navarre for the Crown of Aragon and was crowned king. See the List of Aragonese and Spanish monarchs for this line. The monarchs of Navarre after 1512 thus only reigned over Lower Navarre, the part of Navarre north of the Pyrenees.

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death John III
1484–1516 1469
Catherine of Navarre
13 children 14 June 1516
Pau
aged 47 Henry II
1517–1555 18 April 1503
Sangüesa
son of John III of Navarre and Catherine of Navarre Marguerite de Navarre
1526
2 children 25 May 1555
Hagetmau
aged 52 Joan III
1555–1572 7 January 1528
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
daughter of Henry II of Navarre and Marguerite of Navarre Antoine of Bourbon
20 October 1548
5 children 9 June 1572
Paris
aged 44 Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Henry III (Henry IV of France)
1572–1610 13 December 1553
Pau
son of Antoine de Bourbon and Jeanne III of Navarre Marie de Médicis
17 December 1600
6 children 14 May 1610
Paris
aged 57 Louis II (Louis XIII of France)
1610–1620 27 September 1601
Château de Fontainebleau
son of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici Anne of Austria
24 November 1615
6 children 14 May 1643
Paris
aged 41

Henry III of Navarre became Henry IV of France and thereafter the crown of Navarre passed to the kings of France. In 1620, the Kingdom was merged into France; however, the French kings continued to use the title King of Navarre until 1791, and it was revived again from 1814 to 1830 during the Bourbon Restoration.

The Bourbon Carlist pretenders to the throne of Spain had Spanish Navarre as a stronghold during the Carlist Wars, but their claim was to all the Spanish royal titles in general.

• Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma, Dowager Duchess of Calabria is the current claimant of the Kingdom of Navarre in accordance with its traditional male-preference primogeniture succession order, as evidenced by her son and heir's official website.[1]

• Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou is the current claimant of so-called Blancs d'Espagne to the kingdoms of France and Navarre. His Navarrese claim is based on the union of France with Navarre, with both crowns then following the Salic Law of the French crown effectuated by Louis XIII.

• Juan Carlos I, the reigning king of Spain (which is the current country to where most of the territories of historical Navarre belong), uses the title King of Navarre as part of his more extended titulary, inherited from earlier monarchs of Spain (Castile and Aragon) and based on the conquest of the majority of the ancient kingdom by Ferdinand II of Aragon.

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• List of Aragonese monarchs
• List of Asturian monarchs
• List of Castilian monarchs
• List of Galician monarchs
• List of Leonese monarchs
• List of Spanish monarchs
• List of Navarrese royal consorts
• Kings of Navarre family tree

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