Agramonteses

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The Agramonteses were the supporters of the Navarre noble family Agramont, who first appeared at the beginning of the 12th century at the time of King Sancho VII . Their opponents in the 15th century were the Beaumonteses .

When John II of Aragón , King of Navarre as the husband of Queen Blanka after her death in 1441, did not hand over power to his eldest son Charles of Viana as planned , the two parties supported the respective sides, the Beaumonteses the legitimate heir to the throne, the Agramonteses his Father. Both sought allies within the country and found them in the old families of the western Basque Country , the Agramonteses in the followers of the Gamboa family (the Gamboínos), the Beaumonteses in the followers of the Oñaz family (the Oñacinos).

The parties not only survived the Navarre Civil War (1451-1455) and the deaths of Charles of Viana (1461) and John II of Aragón (1479), but also sought other allies at the international level. The Agramonteses found them, of course, first in the Kingdom of Aragón, then later in France, with whose help they found the successors of John, Eleanor of Navarra (1479–1479), Franz Phoebus von Foix (1479–1483), his sister Catherine (1483–1517 ) and their husband Johann von Albret supported.

Castile used its connections in 1512 during the conquest of Navarre and with their help came relatively quickly and easily to the goal, after which the Agramonteses suffered the most from the oppression of the enemy, especially since they also tried unsuccessfully in 1512, 1516 and finally in 1521 Reclaiming land.

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