Jeanne III Of NAVARRE

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Jeanne d'Albret (January 7, 1528 ? June 9, 1572) was Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572, wife of Antoine de Bourbon, duke of Vendome and mother of Henry IV of France.

Jeanne was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines in 1528, the daughter of Henry II of Navarre and Marguerite of Navarre. Marguerite was the sister of Francis I of France, and Jeanne grew up at the French court. In 1541, when she was thirteen, Francis married her to William "the Rich", Duke of J¸lich-Cleves-Berg, but this political marriage was annulled four years later.

After the death of Francis and the accession of Henry II Jeanne was married to Antoine de Bourbon, "first prince of the blood," who would become heir to the French throne if the Valois line died out.

In 1555 Henry II of Navarre died, and Jeanne and her husband became rulers of Navarre.

In the first year of her reign, Jeanne d'Albret called a conference of beleaguered Huguenot ministers which led to her declaring Calvinism the official religion of her kingdom.

The power struggle between Catholics and Huguenots for control of the French court and France as a whole led to the outbreak of the French Wars of Religion in 1562. Antoine de Bourbon chose to support the Catholics, but was mortally wounded at the siege of Rouen. Jeanne's son Henry now became "first prince of the blood."

In 1567 war broke out again, and Jeanne fled to the Huguenot city of La Rochelle. From here she conducted peace negotiations, and in 1570 official talks began to marry Henry to the king's sister Marguerite. She died in Paris two months before the wedding took place. A popular rumour of the time alleged that Jeanne had been poisoned by Catherine de Medici, the mother of her son's prospective bride.

Titles

by birth
Queen of Navarre (1555-1572)
Duchess of Albret (1555-1572)
Countess of Limoges (1555-1572)
Countess of Foix (1555-1572)
Countess of Armagnac (1555-1572)
Countess of Bigorre (1555-1572)
Countess of PÈrigord (1555-1572)

by marriage
Duchess of Bourbon (1548-1562)
Duchess of VendÙme (1550-1562)
Duchess of Beaumont (1550-1562)
Countess of Marle (1548-1562)
Countess of La FËre (1548-1562)
Countess of Soissons (1550-1562)

Jeanne married Antoine Of NAVARRE on 20 Oct 1548. Antoine (son of Charles IV De Bourbon Duke Of VENDOME) was born on 22 Apr 1518 in La Fere, Picardie, France; died on 17 Nov 1562. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry IV King Of FRANCE was born on 13 Dec 1553; died on 14 May 1610.
2. Henri Duc DE BEAUMONT was born in 1551; died in 1553.
3. Louis Of BEAUMONT was born in 1555; died in 1557.
4. Madeline Of BEAUMONT was born in 1556.
5. Catherine DE BOURBON was born in 1559; died in 1604.