Joan, Heiress of Navarre

Joan
Regent and Heiress of Navarre Countess consort of Foix
Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Navarre.
Born	1382
Died	July 1413 Béarn
Spouse	John I, Count of Foix
House	Évreux
Father	Charles III of Navarre
Mother	Eleanor of Castile
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Joan of Navarre (1382 - July 1413, in Béarn) also known as Jeanne d'Évreux or Joanna was the heir to the throne of Navarre in 1402-1413, and regent of Navarre in the absence of her father on several occasions. She was the eldest child of Charles III of Navarre by his wife Eleanor, daughter of Henry II of Castile.

Life

Joan was a member of the French House of Évreux, she was an elder sister to Blanche I of Navarre, Beatrix, Countess of La Marche and Isabella, Countess of Armagnac.

Joan was originally betrothed in 1401 to Martin I of Sicily, he was widower of Maria of Sicily, who had not given him surviving children. Plans were however changed and Martin married Joan's sister Blanche.^[1] Joan herself married at Olite on 12 November 1402 to John I, Count of Foix. The couple were married for eleven years but failed to produce any children.

A month after her wedding, Joan was recognized as heiress to the throne of Navarre at Olite on 3 December 1402; this was after the death of her only surviving brother Louis. She governed Navarre in the name of her parents during their absences abroad.

Joan died at Béarn in July 1413, childless. This meant her younger sister Blanche was made heiress to the throne of Navarre, who succeeded on the 8 September 1425.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Joan, Heiress of Navarre

16. Louis, Count of Évreux               8. Philip III of Navarre                       17. Margaret of Artois               4. Charles II of Navarre                             18. Louis X of France               9. Joan II of Navarre                       19. Margaret of Burgundy               2. Charles III of Navarre                                   20. Philip VI of France               10. John II of France                       21. Joan the Lame               5. Joanna of Valois                             22. John of Bohemia               11. Bonne of Bohemia                       23. Elisabeth of Bohemia               Joan of Navarre                                         24. Ferdinand IV of Castile               12. Alfonso XI of Castile                       25. Constance of Portugal               6. Henry II of Castile                             26. Pedro Núñez de Guzmán               13. Eleanor of Guzman                       27. Beatriz Ponce de León               3. Eleanor of Castile                                   28. Manuel of Castile               14. Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena                       29. Beatrice of Savoy               7. Juana Manuel of Castile                             30. Fernando de la Cerda               15. Blanca de La Cerda y Lara                       31. Juana Núñez de Lara

References

1. NAVARRE, Medieval Lands