This is a list of the kings and queens of Pamplona, 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.
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House of Íñiguez, 824?–905
The Íñiguez dynasty are credited with founding the Navarrese kingdom (of Pamplona) in or around 824 when they are said to have risen against an attempt to extend Frankish (Carolingian) authority into the region. The Cordoban sources referred to them as sometimes-rebellious vassals, rather than in the manner used to refer to the Christian realms outside their control. They were supplanted in 905 when an anti-Cordoba coalition placed the succeeding Jiménez dynasty in power.
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Íñigo Arista 824?–851/2 |
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4 children | 851/2 | |
García Íñiguez 851/2–882 |
son of Íñigo Arista | 5 children | 882 | |
Fortún Garcés 882–905 |
son of García Íñiguez | Auria 5 children |
922 (deposed 905) |
House of Jiménez, 905–1234
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.
With the assassination of Sancho IV, Navarre was partitioned by his cousins Alfonso VI of Castile and Sancho Ramírez of Aragón, and the latter made king, leading to more than half a century of Aragonese control.
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Sancho V Ramírez 1076–1094 |
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1042 son of Ramiro I of Aragón and Ermesinde of Bigorre |
Isabel of Urgel 1065 1 child Felicia of Roucy 1076 3 children |
4 June 1094 Huesca aged c. 52 |
Peter 1094–1104 |
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1068 son of Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón and Navarre and Isabella of Urgel |
Agnes of Aquitaine 1086 2 children Bertha of Aragón 1097 No children |
28 September 1104 Aran Valley aged c. 36 |
Alfonso I the Battler 1104–1134 |
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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 c. 61 |
The death of Alfonso led to a succession crisis in Aragón 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 |
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García Ramírez the Restorer 1134–1150 |
son of Ramiro Sánchez of Monzón and Cristina Rodríguez Díaz de Vivar | Marguerite de l'Aigle 1130 4 children Urraca of Castile 24 June 1144 2 children |
21 November 1150 Lorca | |
Sancho VI the Wise 1150–1194 |
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1133 son of García Ramírez and Marguerite de l'Aigle |
Sancha of Castile 1157 6 children |
27 June 1194 Pamplona |
Sancho VII the Strong 1194–1234 |
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1157 Tudela son of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile |
Constance of Toulouse 1195 No children Clemence (of Hohenstaufen?) aft. 1201 1 son |
7 April 1234 Tudela |
House of Champagne, 1234–1284
The death of Sancho VII, the last of the Jiménez kings, led to the crown of Navarre being inherited by the son of his sister Blanche, Countess of Champagne, she having been regent during much of her brother's reign.
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Theobald I the Posthumous 1234–1253 |
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30 May 1201 Troyes son of Theobald III of Champagne and Blanche 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 the Young 1253–1270 |
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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 the Fat 1270–1274 |
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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 |
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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 |
Capetian dynasty, 1284–1441
House of Capet, 1284–1349
Henry's unexpected death left his infant daughter Joan as the only heir to the throne. Joan's mother Blanche of Artois served as regent for the next ten years. In 1284 Joan was married to the future Philip IV of France, ending Blanche's regency. Philip assumed the throne of France a year later as "King of France and Navarre".
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death | Claim |
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Philip I the Fair Philip IV of France 1284–1305 |
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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 |
By the right of his wife, Joan II |
Louis I the Quarreller Louis X of France 1305–1316 |
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4 October 1289 Paris son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre |
Margaret of Burgundy 21 September 1305 1 child Clementia of Hungary 19 August 1315 1 child |
5 June 1316 Vincennes aged 26 |
By the right of his mother, Joan II |
John I the Posthumous of France 1316 |
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15 November 1316 Paris son of Louis X of France and Clementia of Hungary |
never married | 20 November 1316 Paris 5 days |
By the right of his father, Louis X |
Philip II the Tall Philip V of France 1316–1322 |
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1292 Lyon son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre |
Joan II, Countess of Burgundy 1307 7 children |
3 January 1322 Longchamp aged 29 |
By the right of his mother, Joan II |
Charles I the Fair Charles IV of France 1322–1328 |
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19 June 1294 Clermont son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre |
Blanche of Burgundy 1307 2 children Marie of Luxembourg 1322 2 children Jeanne d'Évreux 1325 3 children |
1 February 1328 Vincennes aged 34 |
By the right of his mother, Joan II |
Joan II 1328–1349 |
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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 |
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House of Évreux, 1328–1441
After the deaths of Louis and his infant son John, his brothers Philip and Charles held the crowns of France and Navarre until their own deaths. At that time, the crown of France passed to Philip of Valois, a distant cousin who was not descended from Joan I, and the crown of Navarre was allowed to pass to Louis' daughter Joan II. Joan reigned together with her husband Philip III until his death, and then alone until her own death.
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Philip III the Wise (jure uxoris) 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 the Bad 1349–1387 |
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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 the Noble 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 Ι 1425–1441 |
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1387 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 |
House of Trastámara, 1425–1479
Blanche I reigned together with her husband John II. In 1458, John additionally inherited the crown of Aragon from his older brother; after his death, the Navarrese crown was given to Eleanor, the only living child of him and Blanche, while his Aragonese crown was given to Ferdinand II of Aragon, son of John and his second wife Juana Enríquez.
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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John II the Great 1425–1441 (jure uxoris) 1425–1479 (de facto) |
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29 June 1397 Medina del Campo son of Ferdinand I and Eleanor of Alburquerque |
Blanche 6 November 1419 4 children Juana Enríquez 2 children |
20 January 1479 Barcelona aged 81 |
Eleanor 1479 |
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2 February 1425 Olite daughter of John II of Aragon and Blanche |
Gaston IV, Count of Foix 11 children |
12 February 1479 Tudela aged 54 |
After Blanche's death in 1441, John retained the crown of Navarre for himself until he died 38 years later, keeping it from his son and elder daughter, Charles IV and Blanche II. Conflict with his son led to the Navarrese Civil War. Though some of the sources regard Charles and Blanche as the legitimate monarchs, the de facto king of Navarre was still John II. Eleanor didn't claim to be the queen until her father's death.
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Charles IV 1441–1461 (de jure, titular) |
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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 1461–1464 (de jure, titular) |
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 |
House of Foix, 1479–1517
Eleanor, who had allied with her father against her brother and sister, outlived her father by only three weeks. By that time she was the widow of Gaston IV, Count of Foix, and their oldest son Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana had also died. She was thus succeeded by her grandson Francis.
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Francis Phoebus 1479–1483 |
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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 |
House of Albret, 1484–1513
Catherine reigned together with her husband John III. After his death, she reigned alone for 8 months until her own death. During their reign, Navarre was defeated by Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1512, resulting in the loss of all its territory south of the Pyrenees, including the royal capital of Pamplona. Ferdinand, the son of John II and his second wife and thus the half-brother of Catherine's grandmother Eleanor, was then crowned King of Navarre, and that branch of the title descended through the Aragonese and Spanish monarchs. Catherine and John III were left with Lower Navarre, that small fraction of the kingdom's former territory that is on the north side of the Pyrenees, which was united with other lands in France that were under their control.
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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John III (jure uxoris) 1484–1513 (1516)[1] |
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1469 son of Alain I of Albret and Francoise of Châtillon-Limoges |
Catherine of Navarre 13 children |
14 June 1516 Pau aged 47 |
House of Trastamara, 1513-1516
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Ferdinand I 1513–1516[2] |
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1452 son of John II of Navarre and Juana Enríquez |
Isabella I of Castille 5 children |
23 January 1516 Madrigalejo aged 63 |
Division of Kingdom
In 1530, Charles V decided to renounce definitively any claim to Lower Navarre due to the impossibility of controlling it,[3][4] and because it was being ruled effectively by Henry II. However, Charles V and his mother Joana III continued as kings in Upper Navarre.
Catherine and John III were left with that small fraction of the kingdom's former territory that is on the north side of the Pyrenees, which was united with other lands in France that were under their control.
House of Albret, 1513–1572
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Henry II (1517)[5] 1530–1555 |
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18 April 1503 Sangüesa son of John III of Navarre and Catherine of Navarre |
Margaret of Angoulême 1526 2 children |
25 May 1555 Hagetmau aged 52 |
Joan III 1555–1572 |
16 November 1528 Saint-Germain-en-Laye daughter of Henry II of Navarre and Margaret of Angoulême |
Antoine of Navarre 20 October 1548 5 children |
9 June 1572 Paris aged 43 |
House of Bourbon, 1572–1620
Jeanne III reigned together with her husband Antoine until his death, and then alone until her own death. Their son Henry became King of France in 1589, taking possession of the kingdom in 1593 as the French Wars of Religion came to a close. 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.
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Antoine (jure uxoris) 1555–1562 |
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22 April 1518 La Fère, Picardy son of Charles, Duke of Vendôme, and Françoise of Alençon |
Joan III of Navarre 20 October 1548 5 children |
17 November 1562 Les Andelys, Eure aged 44 |
Henry III the Great Henry IV of France 1572–1610 |
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13 December 1553 Pau son of Antoine of Navarre and Joan III of Navarre |
(2) Margaret of Valois 18 August 1572 no issues (2) Marie de' Medici 17 December 1600 6 children |
14 May 1610 Paris aged 56 |
Louis II the Just Louis XIII of France 1610–1620 |
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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 |
House of Trastamara, 1516-1555[6]
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Joanna III 1516-1555 |
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6 November 1479 daughter of Ferdinand I of Navarre and Isabella of Castille |
Philip I of Castile 6 children |
12 April 1555 Tordesillas aged 75 |
House of Austria, 1516-1700
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Charles IV 1516-1556[7] |
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24 February 1500 son of Philip I of Castile and Joanna III of Navarre |
Isabella of Portugal 3 children |
21 September 1558 Yuste aged 58 |
Philip IV 1556-1598 |
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21 May 1527 son of Charles IV of Navarre and Isabella of Portugal |
Maria Manuela of Portugal 1 child Elisabeth of Valois 2 children Anna of Austria 3 children |
13 September 1598 Escorial aged 71 |
Philip V 1598-1621 |
14 April 1578 son of Philip IV of Navarra and Anna of Austria |
Margaret of Austria 5 children |
31 March 1621 Madrid aged 42 | |
Philip VI 1621-1665 |
8 April 1605 son of Philip V of Navarra and Margaret of Austria |
Elisabeth of Bourbon 2 children Mariana of Austria 2 children |
17 September 1665 Madrid aged 60 | |
Charles V 1665-1700 |
6 November 1661 son of Philip VI of Navarra and Mariana of Austria |
Marie Louise of Orléans No children Maria Anna of Neuburg No children |
1 November 1700 Madrid aged 38 |
House of Bourbon, 1700-1833
Current claimants
- Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, is the current Legitimist claimant to the kingdoms of France and Navarre. His claim to the Navarrese throne is based on its unification with the French throne under Louis XIII, excluding any subsequent female succession.
- Jean, Count of Paris, is the current Orleanist claimant to the kingdoms of France and Navarre. His claim to the Navarrese throne is based on its unification with the French throne under Louis XIII, excluding any subsequent female succession.
- Felipe VI of Spain 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.
- Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma claims the title King of Navarre as all titles of the Hispanic Monarchy based on the conquest of the ancient kingdom by Ferdinand II of Aragon. He considers himself legitimate successor about the traditional laws of Catholic Monarchy of Spains of Carlos María Isidro.
- Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria is the current heir-general to the kingdom of Navarre, under the kingdom's own laws which allowed female succession, unlike the Salic law of France.
See also
- List of Navarrese royal consorts
- Kings of Navarre family tree
- King of Viguera
- List of Spanish monarchs
References
- ^ In 1513 Ferdinand I of Navarre conquest of the kingdom
- ^ "Fernando I de Navarra". Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopledia.
- ^ Miranda, José María Yanguas y (1840). Diccionario de antigüedades del reino de Navarra (in Spanish). J. Goyeneche. p. 268.
- ^ Unzué, José Luis Orella; Estévez, Xosé; Espinosa, José María Lorenzo (1995). Historia de Euskal Herria: Del hierro al roble (in Spanish). Txalaparta. ISBN 9788481369472.
- ^ Titular King of Navarre, the kingdom was occupied
- ^ Fernández, Luis Suárez (1990). Los reyes católicos: el camino hacia Europa (in Spanish). Ediciones Rialp. ISBN 9788432125898.
- ^ Muniáin, Pedro Esarte (2001-01-01). Navarra, 1512-1530: conquista, ocupación y sometimiento militar, civil y eclesiástico (in Spanish). Pamiela. ISBN 9788476813409.
- ^ a b c Navarra (1752). Quaderno de las leyes, y agravios reparados a suplicacion de los tres Estados del Reyno de Navarra, en las Cortes de los años de 1724, 1725 y 1726 por la Mag. Real del Señor Rey don Luis II. de Navarra, y I. de Castilla: (que santa gloria aya) Y por su muerte se continuaron por la Mag. Real del Señor Rey Don Phelipe VII. de Navarra, y V. de Castilla, nuestro Señor. y en su nombre por el Exmo. Señor Fr. Don M Christoval de Moscoso...: con acuerdo de los del Consejo Real que con el assistieron dichos años de 1724, 25 y 26 en las Cortes Generales, que se han celebrado en la Ciudad de Estella (in Spanish). por Pedro Joseph Ezquerro.
- ^ Navarra (1766). Quaderno de las leyes y agravios reparados a suplicacion de los tres estados del Reyno de Navarra en sus Cortes Generales celebradas en la ciudad de Pamplona los años 1765 y 1766 por la Magestad del Señor Rey don Carlos VI de Navarra y III de Castilla... (in Spanish). en la imprenta de don Pascual Ibañez.
- ^ "Gran Enciclopedia de Navarra | CARLOS VI DE NAVARRA Y III DE CASTILLA". www.enciclopedianavarra.com. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
- ^ Navarra (1797). Quaderno de las leyes y agravios reparados a suplicacion de los tres estados del Reyno de Navarra en sus Cortes Generales celebradas en la ciudad de Pamplona los años 1794, 1795, 1796 y 1797 por la Magestad del Señor Rey don Carlos VII. de Navarra y IV. de Castilla, nuestro Señor (in Spanish). en la imprenta de don Miguel Coscuella.
- ^ "Gran Enciclopedia de Navarra | CARLOS VII DE NAVARRA Y IV DE CASTILLA". www.enciclopedianavarra.com. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
- ^ Navarra (1819). Cuaderno de las leyes y agravios reparados a suplicación de los tres estados del Reino de Navarra. Imprenta de Longaslanguage=es.