List of Navarrese monarchs

Coat of Arms of the Kings of Navarre since 1212

This is a list of the kings and queens of Pamplona, later Navarre. Pamplona was the primary name of the kingdom until its union with Aragon (1076–1134). However, the territorial designation Navarre came into use as an alternative name in the late tenth century, and the name Pamplona was retained well into the twelfth century.

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House of Íñiguez, ? 824–905

The Íñiguez dynasty founded the Navarrese kingdom (of Pamplona) in or around 824 when they rebelled against nominal Frankish (Carolingian) authority.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Íñigo Arista ? 824–851/2			4 children	851/2
García Íñiguez 851/2–882		son of Íñigo Arista	5 children	882
Fortún Garcés 882–905		son of García Íñiguez	Auria 5 children	922 (deposed 905)

House of Jiménez, 905–1234

In 905, a coalition of neighbors forced Fortún Garcés to retire to a monastery, and enthroned in his place a scion of a new dynasty. Under their reign, the name Navarre began to supplant that of Pamplona.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Sancho I Garcés 905–925		son of García Jiménez and Dadildis de Pallars	Toda of Navarre 6 children	11 December 925 Resa
Jimeno Garcés 925–931		son of García Jiménez and Dadildis de Pallars	Sancha of Navarre 3 children	29 May 931
García Sánchez I 931–970		919 son of Sancho I Garcés and Toda of Navarre	Andregota Galíndez of Aragon 2 children Teresa Ramírez of León 3 children	22 February 970 aged 51
Sancho II Garcés Abarca 970–994		after 935 son of García Sánchez I and Andregota	Urraca Fernández 4 children	December 994
García Sánchez II 994–1000/1004		son of Sancho II Garcés Abarca and Urraca Fernández	Jimena Fernández of Cea 981 4 children	1000/1004
Sancho III the Great 1004–1035		985 son of García Sánchez II and Jimena Fernández of Cea	Muniadona Mayor 1010 4 children	18 October 1035
García Sánchez III 1035–1054		1016 son of Sancho III the Great and Muniadona Mayor	Estefanía of Barcelona 1038 9 children	15 September 1054 Atapuerca
Sancho IV Garcés 1054–1076		1039 son of García Sánchez III and Estefanía of Barcelona	Placencia 1068 3 children	4 June 1076 Peñalén

With the assassination of Sancho IV, Navarre was partitioned by his cousins Alfonso VI of Castile and Sancho Ramirez of Aragon, and the latter made king, leading to more than half-a-century of Aragonese control.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Sancho V Ramirez 1076–1094		1042 son of Ramiro I of Aragon and Ermesinde of Bigorre	Isabel of Urgel 1065 1 child Felicia of Roucy 1076 3 children	4 June 1094 Huesca aged c. 52
Peter 1094–1104		1068 son of Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón and Navarre and Isabella of Urgel	Agnes of Aquitaine 1086 2 children Bertha of Aragon 1097 No children	28 September 1104 Aran Valley aged c. 36
Alfonso I the Battler 1104–1134		1073 son of Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón and Navarre and Felicia of Roucy	Urraca of Castile 1109 No children	8 September 1134 Huesca aged c. 61

The death of Alfonso led to a succession crisis in Aragon, and the nobles of Navarre took advantage to reestablish an independent monarchy, crowning a grandnephew (through an illegitimate brother) of the assassinated Sancho IV.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
García Ramírez IV the Restorer 1134–1150		son of Ramiro Sánchez of Monzón and Cristina Rodríguez Díaz de Vivar	Marguerite de l'Aigle 1130 4 children Urraca of Castile 24 June 1144 2 children	21 November 1150 Lorca
Sancho VI the Wise 1150–1194		1133 son of García Ramírez and Marguerite de l'Aigle	Sancha of Castile 1157 6 children	27 June 1194 Pamplona
Sancho VII the Strong 1194–1234		1157 Tudela son of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile	Constance of Toulouse 1195 No children Clemence (of Hohenstaufen?) aft. 1201 1 son	7 April 1234 Tudela

House of Champagne, 1234–1284

The death of Sancho VII, the last of the Jimenez kings, led to the crown of Navarre being inherited by the son of his sister Blanche, Countess of Champagne, she having been regent during much of her brother's reign.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Theobald I the Posthumous 1234–1253		30 May 1201 Troyes son of Theobald III of Champagne and Blanche of Navarre	Gertrude of Dagsburg 1220 No children Agnes of Beaujeu 1222 1 child Margaret of Bourbon 1232 6 children	8 July 1253 Pamplona aged 52
Theobald II the Young 1253–1270		1238 son of Theobald I of Navarre and Margaret of Bourbon	Isabelle of France 6 April 1255 No children	4 December 1270 Trapani aged 32
Henry I the Fat 1270–1274		1244 son of Theobald I of Navarre and Margaret of Bourbon	Blanche of Artois 1269 2 children	22 July 1274 aged 30
Joan I 1274–1305		14 January 1271 Bar-sur-Seine daughter of Henry I of Navarre and Blanche of Artois	Philip IV of France 16 August 1284 7 children	4 April 1305 Château de Vincennes aged 34

Capetian dynasty, 1284–1441

House of Capet, 1284–1349

Henry's unexpected death left his infant daughter Joan as the only heir to the throne. Joan's mother Blanche of Artois served as regent for the next ten years. In 1284 Joan was married to the future Philip IV of France, ending Blanche's regency. Philip assumed the throne of France a year later as "King of France and Navarre".

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Philip I the Fair Philip IV of France 1284–1305		1268 Fontainebleau son of Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon	Joan I of Navarre 16 August 1284 7 children	29 November 1314 Fontainebleau aged 46
Louis I the Quarreller Louis X of France 1305–1316		4 October 1289 Paris son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre	Margaret of Burgundy 21 September 1305 1 child Clementia of Hungary 19 August 1315 1 child	5 June 1316 Vincennes aged 26
John I the Posthumous 1316		15 November 1316 Paris son of Louis X of France and Clementia of Hungary	never married	20 November 1316 Paris 5 days
Philip II the Tall Philip V of France 1316–1322		1292 Lyon son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre	Joan II, Countess of Burgundy 1307 7 children	3 January 1322 Longchamp aged 29
Charles I the Fair Charles IV of France 1322–1328		19 June 1294 Clermont son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre	Blanche of Burgundy 1307 2 children Marie of Luxembourg 1322 4 children	1 February 1328 Vincennes aged 34
Joan II 1328–1349		28 January 1312 Charenton-le-Pont daughter of Louis X of France and Margaret of Burgundy	Philip III of Navarre 8 children	6 October 1349 Charenton-le-Pont aged 37

House of Évreux, 1328–1441

After the deaths of Louis and his infant son John, his brothers Philip and Charles held the crowns of France and Navarre until their own deaths. At that time, the crown of France passed to Philip of Valois, a distant cousin who was not descended from Joan I, and the crown of Navarre was allowed to pass to Louis' daughter Joan II. Joan reigned together with her husband Philip III until his death, and then alone until her own death.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Philip III the Wise 1328–1343		27 March 1306 son of Louis count of Evreux and Margaret of Artois	Joan II of Navarre 8 children	16 September 1343 Jerez de la Frontera aged 37
Charles II the Bad 1349–1387		10 October 1332 Évreux son of Philip III of Navarre and Joan II of Navarre	Joan of France 7 children	1 January 1387 Pamplona aged 54
Charles III the Noble 1387–1425		22 July 1361 Nantes son of Charles II of Navarre and Joan of France	Eleanor of Castile 1375 8 children	8 September 1425 Olite aged 64
Blanche I 1425–1441		1385 Castile daughter of Charles III of Navarre and Eleanor of Castile	Martin I of Sicily 26 December 1402 1 child John II of Aragon 10 June 1420 4 children	3 April 1441 Santa María la Real de Nieva aged 56

House of Trastámara, 1425–1479

Blanche I reigned together with her husband John II. After her death in 1441, John retained the crown of Navarre for himself until he died 38 years later, keeping it from his son and elder daughter. Conflict with his son led to the Navarrese Civil War. In 1458, John additionally inherited the crown of Aragon from his older brother.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
John II the Great 1425–1441 (de jure) 1425–1479 (de facto)		29 June 1397 Medina del Campo son of Ferdinand I and Eleanor of Alburquerque	Blanche I of Navarre 6 November 1419 4 children Juana Enríquez 2 children	20 January 1479 Barcelona aged 81
Charles IV 1441–1461 (de jure)		29 May 1421 Peñafiel son of John II of Aragon and Blanche I of Navarre	Agnes of Cleves No children	23 September 1461 Barcelona aged 40
Blanche II 1461–1464 (de jure)		1424 Olite daughter of John II of Aragon and Blanche I of Navarre	Henry IV of Castile No children	2 December 1464 Orthez aged 40
Eleanor 1464–1479 (de jure) 1479 (de facto)		2 February 1425 Olite daughter of John II of Aragon and Blanche I of Navarre	Gaston IV, Count of Foix 11 children	12 February 1479 Tudela aged 54

House of Foix, 1479–1518

Eleanor, who had allied with her father against her brother and sister, outlived her father by only three weeks. By that time she was the widow of Gaston IV, Count of Foix, and their oldest son Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana had also died. She was thus succeeded by her grandson Francis.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Francis Phoebus 1479–1483		12 April 1467 son of Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana, and Magdalena of Valois	never married	12 February 1483 Pau aged 16
Catherine 1483–1517		1468 daughter of Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana, and Magdalena of Valois	John III of Navarre 13 children	12 February 1517 Mont-de-Marsan aged 49

House of Albret, 1518–1572

Catherine reigned together with her husband John III. After his death, she reigned alone for 8 months until her own death. During their reign, Navarre was defeated by Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1512, resulting in the loss of all its territory south of the Pyrenees, including the royal capital of Pamplona. Ferdinand, the son of John II and his second wife and thus the half-brother of Catherine's grandmother Eleanor, was then crowned King of Navarre, and that branch of the title descended through the Aragonese and Spanish monarchs. Catherine and John III were left with Lower Navarre, that small fraction of the kingdom's former territory that is on the north side of the Pyrenees, which was united with other lands in France that were under their control.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
John III 1484–1516		1469 son of Alain I of Albret and Francoise of Châtillon-Limoges	Catherine of Navarre 13 children	14 June 1516 Pau aged 47
Henry II 1517–1555		18 April 1503 Sangüesa son of John III of Navarre and Catherine of Navarre	Margaret of Angoulême 1526 2 children	25 May 1555 Hagetmau aged 52
Joan III 1555–1572		7 January 1528 Saint-Germain-en-Laye daughter of Henry II of Navarre and Margaret of Angoulême	Antoine of Navarre 20 October 1548 5 children	9 June 1572 Paris aged 44

Capetian dynasty, 1572–1620

House of Bourbon, 1572–1620

Joan III reigned together with her husband Antoine until his death, and then alone until her own death. Their son Henry became King of France in 1589, taking possession of the kingdom in 1593 as the French Wars of Religion came to a close. Thereafter the crown of Navarre passed to the kings of France. In 1620, the Kingdom was merged into France; however, the French kings continued to use the title King of Navarre until 1791, and it was revived again from 1814 to 1830 during the Bourbon Restoration.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Antoine 1555–1562		22 April 1518 La Fère, Picardy son of Charles, Duke of Vendôme, and Françoise of Alençon	Joan III of Navarre 20 October 1548 5 children	17 November 1562 Les Andelys, Eure aged 44
Henry III the Great Henry IV of France 1572–1610		13 December 1553 Pau son of Antoine of Navarre and Joan III of Navarre	(2) Margaret of Valois 18 August 1572 no issues (2) Marie de' Medici 17 December 1600 6 children	14 May 1610 Paris aged 57
Louis II the Just Louis XIII of France 1610–1620		27 September 1601 Château de Fontainebleau son of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici	Anne of Austria 24 November 1615 6 children	14 May 1643 Paris aged 41

Current claimants

• Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma, Dowager Duchess of Calabria, Infanta of Spain, is the current claimant to the Crown of the Kingdom of Navarre in accordance with its traditional male-preference cognatic primogeniture, as evidenced by her son and heir's official website.^[1] Alicia is the only surviving daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma (1880-1959), whose father Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848-1907) was the son and heir of Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois, granddaughter of Charles X of France. Robert inherited the Navarrese cognatic claim on the death of Henry, Count of Chambord (1820-1883), the last male-line descendant of Charles X.
• Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, is the current Legitimist claimant to the kingdoms of France and Navarre. His claim to the Navarrese throne is based on its unification with the French throne under Louis XIII, excluding any subsequent female succession.
• Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France, is the current Orleanist claimant to the kingdoms of France and Navarre. His claim to the Navarrese throne is based on its unification with the French throne under Louis XIII, excluding any subsequent female succession.
• Felipe VI of Spain uses the title King of Navarre as part of his more extended titulary, inherited from earlier monarchs of Spain (Castile and Aragon) and based on the conquest of the majority of the ancient kingdom by Ferdinand II of Aragon.

References

See also

• List of Navarrese royal consorts
• Kings of Navarre family tree
• King of Viguera
• List of Spanish monarchs