Blanca II of Navarre

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Blanca de Trastámara y de Evreux (born June 9, 1424 in Olite ; † December 2, 1464 in Orthez ) was an Infanta of Aragón and Navarre , Infanta of Castile by marriage (1440-1453) and titular queen of Navarre as Blanca II. ( September 23, 1461– December 2, 1464).

Life

She was born the third child and second daughter of Infanta Blanka of Navarre and her second husband, John II of Aragón , Duke of Peñafiel .

Her older sister Juana died on August 22nd, 1425 and her grandfather Karl III. of Navarre , called the Noble One, on September 8, 1425. Her mother and father followed as kings of Navarre.

On November 22nd, 1436, peace was made between Navarre and Castile in Toledo after six years of war. To confirm this, the marriage between the twelve-year-old Infanta Blanca and the eleven-year-old Crown Prince Henry IV of Castile was decided.

Together with her mother Blanca I, she traveled to Valladolid to formalize her marriage to Prince Henry IV on September 16, 1440 . The Queen also took the opportunity to make a pilgrimage to the Real Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Extremadura and to mediate in her husband's quarrels with the Castilian nobles. On April 1, 1441, her mother died in Castile .

While the civil war broke out in Navarre between her father and her brother Charles of Viana , Prince of Viana , Blanca lived in Castile in an unhappy marriage, which was annulled by the Pope on May 2, 1453 because of non-execution at the instigation of Henry. Blanca returned to Navarre. On September 23, 1461 her brother Karl died. Shortly before, he had confirmed her mother's will of February 17, 1439 in his will, which stipulated that her eldest child should inherit the throne of Navarre.

Blanca was imprisoned in Olite by her father . The latter also suggested that she marry Charles de Valois, duc de Berry , the younger brother of Louis XI. of France . But this was only a ruse to lure them away from their followers, the Beaumonteses , who wanted to free them. She turned down her father's suggestion.

On April 30, 1462, she installed her former husband, the current King Henry IV of Castile, as heir to the throne in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port . This would have brought about the union of the crowns of Castile and Navarre.

Once in Béarn, Blanca was held in the Torre Moncada in Orthez , where she died on December 2, 1464 under unknown circumstances. Some historians state that this was done on her sister's orders, while others suspect her father. She was buried in Lescar Cathedral.

In contradiction to her will, John II remained king until his death in 1479 and was then followed by her sister Eleanor of Navarre , who always stood on her father's side.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eloísa Ramírez Vaquero: La reina Blanca y Navarra
  2. ↑ Genealogía la Casa Trastámara (en inglés)
  3. ↑ BLANCA II :: Auñamendi Entziklopedia
  4. ^ "Testimonio la sentencia divorcio entre el príncipe D. Enrique y la infanta doña Blanca", incluido en la Colección documentos inéditos para la historia España , vol. XL , pp. 444-450.
  5. ↑ BLANCA I NAVARRA :: Auñamendi Entziklopedia
  6. ↑ En busca de La Encontrada. diariovasco.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018 .

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SURNAME Blanca II of Navarre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evreux, Blanca de Trastámara y de; II, Blanca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish infanta and titular queen
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1424
PLACE OF BIRTH Olite
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 1464
Place of death Orthez