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- Upon her father’s death, Joan I became the queen of Navarre, but Navarre was governed by personnel appointed by her future father-in-law after her mother sought protection. It is rumored that due to her husband’s unwillingness to let her stay away, Joan never visited Navarre after her marriage.
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Dec 9, 2021 · Joan never visited Navarre. As Countess of Champagne, though, Joan was much more involved in governing the county. She visited it often, unlike with Navarre. Joan’s husband pretty much left her alone when it came to Champagne.
Upon her father’s death, Joan I became the queen of Navarre, but Navarre was governed by personnel appointed by her future father-in-law after her mother sought protection. It is rumored that due to her husband’s unwillingness to let her stay away, Joan never visited Navarre after her marriage.
Joan I of Navarre was born in 1273 in Barsur-Seine, France, the daughter of Henry I, king of Navarre, and Blanche of Artois . Joan came to the throne as queen of Navarre on the death of her father in 1274, giving her hegemony over the lands of Navarre, Brie, and Champagne. Though her kingdom was annexed to France by her marriage to the powerful ...
Joan decided to again visit Navarre, but she never returned, most probably because of the possibility of an invasion of her family's domains in France during the Hundred Years War. She and her husband had supported Philip VI against Edward III of England, who claimed the French throne as the son of Joan's aunt Isabella.
Despite her titles, Joan never ruled Navarre in person, with governance carried out by French governors. She was more directly involved in the County of Champagne, where she took an active role in its defense, notably raising an army against the invasion by Henry, Count of Bar.
Joan of Navarre. Born into Navarrese nobility, Joan became Queen of England after marrying Henry IV of England in 1402. She was wealthy, as first the widow of a duke and later a king, but unpopular in England. Lived: 1368–1437. Field: Royalty and diplomacy.
Joan never visited the Kingdom of Navarre, which was ruled in her name by French governors appointed first by her father-in-law and then by her spouse in her name. The French governors were extremely unpopular in Navarre and her absence from the country was resented.
