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Coat of Arms of the Kings of Navarre since 1212. Currently it is used as Coat of Arms of the French Basse Navarre and the ville of Donapaleu - Saint Palais, in Basse Navarre (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

This is a list of the kings of Pamplona (Iruña in Basque), later Navarre. Iruña, name of the capital, was used as the only or main name of the kingdom until the period of the dominion of Aragón (1076-1134). However, the territorial designation Navarre came into use as an alternative name in the late 10th century, though it was used much less often. Aragonese kings created a county named Navarre in the central areas of the kingdom of Pamplona. When the country regained its independence, from 1134 onwards, the name Navarre was the main designation of the kingdom.

1 Monarchs of Pamplona
- 1.1 House of Íñiguez, ? 824–905
- 1.2 House of Jiménez, 905–1000
2 Monarchs of Navarre
3 Current claimants
4 See also
5 External links

Monarchs of Pamplona

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.

Monarch	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	Oria 5 children	(deposed 905)

House of Jiménez, 905–1000

Monarch	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	931
García Sánchez I 931—970	919 son of Sancho I Garcés and Toda of Navarre	Andregota Galíndez 1 child Teresa 3 children\|\|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—1004	son of Sancho II Garcés Abarca and Urraca Fernández	Jimena Fernández of Cea 981 4 children	1004

Monarchs of Navarre

House of Jiménez, 1004–1076

During the time of Sancho III the Great, the name Navarre for the kingdom replaced Pamplona, as he was titled rex Navarrae Hispaniarum. He also brought Castile, Ribagorza and Sobrarbe under his control, and conquered León.

Monarch	Birth	Marriages	Death
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

House of Aragon, 1076–1134

Monarch	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 Felicie of Roucy 1076 2 children \|\| 4 June 1094 Huesca aged 48
Peter I 1094–1104	1068 son of Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón and Navarre and Isabel of Urgel	Inés of Aquitaine 1086 2 children Bertha of Aragón 1097 No children \|\| 28 September 1104 Aran Valley aged 36
Alfonso I 1104–1134	1073 son of Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón and Navarre and Felicie of Roucy	Urraca of Castile 1109 No children	8 September 1134 Huesca aged 61

House of Jiménez (restoration), 1134–1234

Monarch	Birth	Marriages	Death
García Ramírez 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 1150—1194	1133 son of García Ramírez and Marguerite de l'Aigle	Sancha of Castile 1157 6 children	27 June 1194 Pamplona
Sancho VII 1194—1234	1157 Tudela son of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile	Constance of Toulouse 1195 6 children	7 April 1234 Tudela

House of Champagne, 1234–1284

See also: Count of Champagne

Monarch	Birth	Marriages	Death
Theobald I 1234—1253	30 May 1201 Troyes son of Theobald III of Champagne and Blanca 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 1253—1270	1238 son of Theobald I of Navarre and Margaret of Bourbon	Isabella of France 6 April 1255 No children	4 December 1270 Trapani aged 32
Henry I 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

House of Capet, 1284–1349

See also: Kings of France

Monarch	Birth	Marriages	Death
Philip I 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 1305—1316	October 1289 Paris son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre	Margaret of Burgundy 21 September 1305 1 child Clémence d'Anjou 19 August 1315 1 child\|\|5 June 1316 Vincennes aged 27
John I 1316	15 November 1316 Paris son of Louis X of France and Clémence d'Anjou	never married	20 November 1316 Paris 5 days
Philip II 1316—1322	1292 Lyon son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre	Jeanne II, Countess of Burgundy 1307 7 children	3 January 1322 Longchamp aged 30
Charles I 1322—1328	19 June 1294 Clermont son of Philip IV of France and Jeanne I of Navarre	Blanche de Bourgogne 1307 2 children Marie de 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

See also: Count of Évreux

Monarch	Birth	Marriages	Death
Philip III 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 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 55
Charles III 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

See also: King of Aragon, King of Valencia, Count of Barcelona, and King of Sicily

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
John II 1425—1479		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
Eleanor 1479		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

Claimants against John II, 1441–1464

During the war against king John II, there were two who claimed his throne.

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Charles of Viana House of Trastamara 1441—1461		29 June 1397 Peñafiel son of John II of Aragon and Blanche I of Navarre	never married	23 September 1461 Barcelona aged 64
Blanche II House of Trastamara 1461—1464		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

House of Foix, 1479–1518

See also: Counts of Foix

Monarch	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

John III was defeated by Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1512, who then conquered southern Navarre for the Crown of Aragon and was crowned king. See the List of Aragonese and Spanish monarchs for this line. The monarchs of Navarre after 1512 thus only reigned over Lower Navarre, the part of Navarre north of the Pyrenees.

Monarch	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	Marguerite de Navarre 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 Marguerite of Navarre	Antoine of Bourbon 20 October 1548 5 children	9 June 1572 Paris aged 44

House of Bourbon, 1572–1620

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Henry III (Henry IV of France) 1572—1610		13 December 1553 Pau son of Antoine de Bourbon and Jeanne III of Navarre	Marie de Médicis 17 December 1600 6 children	14 May 1610 Paris aged 57
Louis II (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

Henry III of Navarre became Henry IV of France and 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 Restoration.

The Bourbon Carlist pretenders to the throne of Spain had Spanish Navarre as a stronghold during the Carlist Wars, but their claim was to all the Spanish royal titles in general.

Current claimants

Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma, Dowager Duchess of Calabria is the current claimant of the Kingdom of Navarre in accordance with its fundamental feudal succession order, as evidenced by her son and heir's official website [1].

Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou is the current claimant of so-called Blancs d'Espagne to the kingdoms of France and Navarre. His Navarrese claim is based on the alteration of succession order to be restricted in accordance with Salic Law effectuated by Louis XIII.

Juan Carlos I, the reigning king of Spain (which is the current country to where most of the territories of historical Navarre belong), uses the title King of Navarre as part of his more extended titulary, inherited from earlier monarchs of Spain (Castile and Aragon).

External links

Eleanor of Navarre