Eleanor of Navarre
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Born | 2 February 1426 Olite, Navarre |
Died | 12 February 1479 Tudela, Navarre | (aged 53)
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House | Trastámara |
Father | John II of Aragon |
Mother | Blanche I of Navarre |
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Alfonso V |
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Eleanor of Navarre (Basque: Leonor and Spanish: Leonor) (2 February 1426 – 12 February 1479),[1] was a Navarrese princess and monarch. She served as the regent of Navarre from 1455 to 1479, during the absence of her father, and then briefly as the queen regnant of Navarre in 1479. She was crowned on 28 January 1479 in Tudela.[1]
Life
She was born in
She married
In 1464, Blanche died in her care, suspected to have been poisoned. By the treaty, she was recognized by her father as the heir of Navarre and his regent (governor) in Navarre. In 1468, her father killed her advisor Nicolas de Etchabarri, and deposed her as governor. In 1471, however, her father recognized her as the governor of Navarre until his death. At her father's death in 1479, she gave her oath as the monarch of Navarre and died two weeks later at Tudela, Navarre, aged 53.
Marriage and children
In 1441, she married Gaston IV, Count of Foix, and had the following children with him:[1]
- Marie of Foix (1443–1467); married William VIII of Montferrat.[5]
- Bishop of Arles.
- John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne (1450–1500);[5] his daughter Germaine of Foix was the second wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon.
- Jeanne of Foix (1454–1476); married Jean V of Armagnac.[5]
- Eleanor of Foix (1457–1480); engaged firstly to Charles, duke de Guyenne(who died in 1472), and secondly to the Duke of Medinacelli, but died before the wedding.
- Louis XII of France.
- Gaston II de Foix, Count of Candale and Benauges;[5] their daughter Anne of Foix-Candale was the third wife of Vladislaus II of Hungary.
- Isabella of Foix (1462–?); married Guy de Pons, Viscount of Turenne.
- Anne of Foix (born and died 1464).[5]
- Jacques de Foix, Count of Montfort (1463–1508), Count of Cortes; married Catherine of Beaumont.[5]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b c Anthony 1931, p. 10.
- ^ Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. 80, 84.
- ^ Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. 80.
- ^ Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. 84.
- ^ a b c d e f g Woodacre 2013, p. Chart 4.
- ^ Krochalis 1996, p. 96.
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ a b Ferdinand I, King of Aragon at the Encyclopædia Britannica
Bibliography
- Anthony, R. (1931). Identification et Étude des Ossements des Rois de Navarre inhumés dans la Cathédrale de Lescar [Identification and Study of the Bones of the Kings of Navarre buried in the Cathedral of Lescar] (PDF). Archives du Muséum, 6e series (in French). Vol. VII. Masson et Cie.
- Krochalis, Jeanne E. (1996). "1494: Hieronymous Munzer, Compostela, and the Codex Calixtinus". In Dunn, Maryjane; Davidson, Linda Kay (eds.). The Pilgrimage to Compostela in the Middle Ages. Routledge.
- Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1911). The Cambridge Modern History. Macmillan Company.
- Woodacre, Elena (2013). The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512. Palgrave Macmillan.