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.

[edit] Monarchs of Pamplona

[edit] House of Íñiguez, ? 824–905

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

Monarch	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)

[edit] Monarchs of Pamplona/Navarre

[edit] House of Jiménez, 905–1076

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.

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Sancho I Garcés 905—925		son of García Jiménez and Dadildis de Pallars	Toda of Navarre 6 children	11 December 925 Resa
Jimeno Garcés 925—931		son of García Jiménez and Dadildis de Pallars	Sancha of Navarre 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	Jimena Fernández of Cea 981 4 children	1004
Sancho III the Great 1004—1035		985 son of García Sánchez II and Jimena Fernández of Cea	Muniadona Mayor 1010 4 children	18 October 1035
García Sánchez III 1035—1054		1016 son of Sancho III the Great and Muniadona Mayor	Estefanía of Barcelona 1038 9 children	15 September 1054 Atapuerca
Sancho IV Garcés 1054—1076		1039 son of García Sánchez III and Estefanía of Barcelona	Placencia 1068 3 children	4 June 1076 Peñalén

[edit] Monarchs of Navarre and Aragon

[edit] House of Jiménez, Aragon branch 1076–1134

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.

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Sancho V Ramirez 1076-1094		1042 son of Ramiro I of Aragon and Ermesinde of Bigorre	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

[edit] Monarchs of Navarre

[edit] House of Jiménez, senior line (restoration), 1134–1234

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.

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
García Ramírez 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 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

[edit] House of Champagne, 1234–1284

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.

Monarch	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

[edit] House of Capet, 1284–1349

Monarch	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		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 27
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

[edit] House of Évreux, 1328–1441

Monarch	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

[edit] House of Trastámara, 1425–1479

Monarch	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

[edit] Claimants against John II, 1441–1464

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

Monarch	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

[edit] House of Foix, 1479–1518

Monarch	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

[edit] House of Albret, 1518–1572

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.

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
John III 1484—1516		1469 son of Alain I of Albret and Francoise of Châtillon-Limoges	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

[edit] House of Bourbon, 1572–1620

Monarch	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.

[edit] Current claimants

• 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.

[edit] See also

• 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

[edit] External links

• Eleanor of Navarre