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In 1620, Jeanne's grandson Louis XIII annexed Navarre to the French crown. Early years and first marriage. Jeanne was born in the royal palace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, [3] at five o'clock in the afternoon on 16 November 1528, [3] the daughter of Henry II, King of Navarre, by his wife Marguerite of Angoulême. [4] .
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.
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In 1512 Ferdinand the Catholic occupied the Spanish portion of Navarre, and in 1515 it was formally annexed to the Castilian crown. The French portion of Navarre, on the northern slope of the western Pyrenees, remained a separate kingdom until 1589, when it was incorporated into France.
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The last independent king of Navarre, Henry III (reigned 1572–1610), succeeded to the throne of France as Henry IV in 1589, founding the Bourbon dynasty. Between 1620 and 1624, Lower Navarre and Béarn were incorporated into France proper by Henry's son, Louis XIII of France (Louis II of Navarre).
- 10,000 km² (3,900 sq mi)
- Middle Ages
The kingdom was in personal union with France after 1589 and absorbed into France in 1620. It ceased to exist as an administrative division in 1790. Upper Navarre lost its status as a kingdom at the end of the First Carlist War.
- 1512−1529
- Kingdom of Navarre
- Castilian-Aragonese victory
- Navarre south of the Pyrenees annexed to Castile
May 14, 2020 · Henri IV (December 13, 1553 – May 14, 1610), also known by the epithet Good King Henri or Henri the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henri III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty.
Mar 30, 2024 · The crown stayed in French hands for another century, through the auspices of the House of Évreux, until 1425, when the last of that house, Charles III died. Succeeding him was Blanche, who was Queen of Navarre until 1441, ruling together with her husband, John II of Aragon.
