House of Évreux
| House of Évreux | |
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 Arms of the Count of Evreux | |
| Parent house | Capetian dynasty |
| Country |  France, Navarre |
| Founded | 1298 |
| Founder | Louis, Count of Évreux |
| Final ruler | Charles III of Navarre |
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| Dissolution | 1425 (agnatic line) 1441 (sole heiress' death) |
The House of Évreux was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal house of France, which flourished from the beginning of the 14th century to the mid 15th century. It became the royal house of the Kingdom of Navarre.
The House was founded by
King of Navarre
from the Évreux dynasty.
Louis' younger son Charles had no grandchildren. The Évreux dynasty ended with the death of Blanche I of Navarre, who died in 1441.[2]
Notable members of the House of Évreux
- Jeanne d'Évreux, Queen of France as the third wife of Charles IV of France, whose failure to produce a son ended the House of Capet
- Philip III of Navarre
- Blanche d'Évreux, Queen of France as the second wife of Philip VI of France
- Charles II of Navarre
- Joan of Navarre, Queen of England as the second wife of Henry IV of England
- Charles III of Navarre
- Blanche I of Navarre
Family tree
| Philip III King of France HOUSE OF CAPET | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louis Count of Evreux HOUSE OF ÉVREUX | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis X King of France, King of Navarre | Charles Count of Étampes | Philip III Count of Évreux | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joan II Queen of Navarre | Louis I Count of Étampes | Charles II King of Navarre, Count of Évreux | Philip Count of Longueville | Louis Count of Beaumont ∞ Joanna, Duchess of Durazzo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles III King of Navarre, Count of Évreux | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- List of Navarrese monarchs from the Capetian dynasty
- Navarre monarchs family tree
References
- ^ Willard, Samuel (1878). A Synopsis of History: General History, from B.C. 800 to A.D. 1876, Outlined in Diagrams and Tables; with Index and Genealogies. For General Reference, and for Schools and Colleges. D. Appleton. p. 112.
- ISBN 978-1-57607-462-6.
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