Catherine of Navarre

Portrait of Catherine of Navarre

Catherine of Navarre ( French Catherine de Navarre , Spanish Catalina de Navarra ; * 1470 ; † February 12, 1517 in Mont-de-Marsan ) was Queen of Navarre from 1483 to 1517 , as well as Countess of Foix and Bigorre , Vice-Countess of Béarn and co-princess of Andorra .

She was the daughter of Gaston de Foix , Prince of Viana , and Madeleine de France , sister of the French King Louis XI. , as well as the sister of Franz Phoebus , King of Navarre from 1479 to 1483. After the death of her brother, she ascended the throne, but was under her mother's reign until 1494 .

On July 14, 1484, she married Jean d'Albret in Orthez , and both were crowned that same month in Pamplona , the capital of Navarre. However, her rule was challenged by her uncle Johann von Foix , Vice Count of Narbonne . As a reason, Johann gave the Sali law , which, however, was never applied in Navarre.

Johann von Foix could not prevail, the war he triggered lasted until 1497 and ended in favor of Catherine with a peace treaty in Tarbes , in which Johann had to give up his claims. He died in 1500. In 1505, Ferdinand II , King of Aragón, married John's daughter Germaine de Foix , a niece of the French King Louis XII. , for political reasons that affected relations with France, but hardly with Navarre. After Johann's only son, Gaston de Foix , Duke of Nemours , died on April 11, 1512 in the Battle of Ravenna , Ferdinand II, through Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba , first left Pamplona (on July 25) and then occupy all of Obernavarra. Since Pope Julius II sanctioned the usurpation and the Navarre Cortes agreed in 1513, Navarre south of the Pyrenees was lost. Since then, Obernavarra has been part of Spain.

progeny

Katharina and Jean d'Albret had 13 children, including:

• Henry II (April 18, 1503 - May 29, 1555), titular king of Navarre
• Isabelle d'Albret, * 1513/14, Infanta of Navarre, later wife of René I, Vice Count of Rohan and grandmother of Henri II. De Rohan and Benjamin de Rohan

literature

• Anne Echols, Marty Williams: An Annotated Index of Medieval Women , M. Wiener, New York 1992, ISBN 0-910129-27-4 , p. 102.
• Olga S. Opfell: Queens, Empresses, Grand Duchesses, and Regents , McFarland, Jefferson 1989, ISBN 0-7864-6737-1 , p. 53 ff.
• Elena Woodacre: The Queens Regnant of Navarre. Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512 . Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2013, ISBN 1-137-33915-2 , pp. 131-164 (excerpts online ).

Web links

Commons : Catherine of Navarre  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information on Catherine of Navarre on the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy website
• Catherine of Navarre in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Information according to of the information on Catherine of Navarre on the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy website , accessed March 18, 2014. Olga S. Opfell named Queens, Empresses, Grand Duchesses, and Regents 1469 as the year of birth, while An Annotated Index of Medieval Women by Anne Echols and Marty Williams 1468. See Olga S. Opfell: Queens, Empresses, Grand Duchesses, and Regents , McFarland, Jefferson 1989, ISBN 0-7864-6737-1 , p. 53; and Anne Echols, Marty Williams: An Annotated Index of Medieval Women , M. Wiener, New York 1992, ISBN 0-910129-27-4 , p. 102.
2. ↑ Information on Catherine of Navarre on the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy website , accessed March 18, 2014.
3. ^ Information on Henry II of Navarre on the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy website , accessed March 18, 2014.

predecessor	Office	successor
Franz Phoebus	Queen of Navarre 1483–1512	Ferdinand II of Aragon
Franz Phoebus	Countess of Foix 1483–1517	Heinrich I.
Franz Phoebus	Vice Countess of Béarn 1483–1517	Heinrich I.
Franz Phoebus	Countess of Bigorre 1483–1517	Heinrich I.
Franz Phoebus	Co-princess of Andorra 1483–1517	Heinrich I.