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The Kingdom of Navarre (/ n ə ˈ v ɑːr /; Basque: Nafarroako Erresuma, Spanish: Reino de Navarra, French: Royaume de Navarre, Latin: Regnum Navarrae), originally the Kingdom of Pamplona (Basque: Iruñeko Erresuma), was a Basque kingdom that occupied lands on both sides of the western Pyrenees, with its northernmost areas originally reaching the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay), between ...
The Aragonese ruled Navarre until 1134. It recovered its independence when the Navarrese proclaimed García V (“the Restorer”) as king. An entirely new orientation was given to Navarrese history in 1234 when Sancho VII was succeeded by his nephew, Theobald I , count of Champagne , and a succession of French rulers with important possessions ...
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In 1530, Charles V decided to renounce definitively any claim to Lower Navarre due to the impossibility of controlling it, and because it was being effectively ruled by Henry II. However, Charles V and his mother Joana III continued as kings in Upper Navarre.
It became an independent kingdom in the 9th century. A succession of French dynasties ruled Navarre after 1234. Incorporated into Castile in 1515, it was united to the French crown when Henry of Navarre became King Henry IV of France in 1589.
1589. Henry III, king of France, recognises the Protestant Henry III, duc de Bourbon, king of French Navarre, count of Foix, and co-prince of Andorra as his successor. The League of Cambrai and the duc de Guise are far from happy about this, but Henry has the duke of Guise assassinated at Blois.
With only Lower Navarre (the French side) left, Navarre was ruled by the House of d'Albret, a two-ruler house that boasted Navarre's most impressive Queen Regnant--Jeanne III. Jeanne was a Renaissance princess, and she was swept up in the Reformation.
Dec 31, 2023 · The southern part of the kingdom, Upper Navarre, was occupied (1512) by Castilian-Aragonese troops and annexed to the crown of Aragon, in 1513, and finally, in 1515, became part of the Crown of Castile and then the unified Kingdom of Spain.
