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 1332 - 1387 (54 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Charles II King Of NAVARRE was born on 10 Oct 1332 in Evreux; died on 01 Jan 1387 in Pamplona. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Charles the Bad
- Name: Charles II The Bad
Notes:
Wikipedia Encyclopedia:
Charles II (October 10, 1332, …vreux, ? January 1, 1387, Pamplona), called "Charles the Bad," was King of Navarre 1349?1387 and Count of …vreux 1343?1387.
Besides the Pyrenean Kingdom of Navarre, he had extensive lands in Normandy, inherited from his father Count Philip of …vreux, and his mother, Queen Joan II of Navarre, who had received them as compensation for resigning her claims to France, Champagne, and Brie in 1328. Thus, in Northern France, Charles possessed …vreux, Mortain, parts of Vexin, and a portion of Cotentin.
He hoped for a long time for a restoration of his rights to the crown of France (as son of the daughter of King Louis X).
He married Joan of France (1343?1373), daughter of king John II of France.
He was implicated in the assassination (January 8, 1354) of the constable of France, Charles de la Cerda. In reply, King John attacked …vreux and Navarre, but after Charles allied with the Black Prince, the Treaty of Mantes returned the peace, Charles enlarging his possessions. John captured and imprisoned Charles in 1356, but Charles was released after the Battle of Poitiers. During certain stages of the Hundred Years' War, he was allied with the English. He was one of the nobles involved in the repression of the Jacquerie.
In 1361, after the premature death of his second cousin, Duke Philip I of Burgundy, Charles claimed the Duchy of Burgundy by primogeniture. He was the grandson of Margaret of Burgundy, eldest daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy (d. 1306). However, the duchy was taken by John II, son of Joan of Burgundy, second daughter of Duke Robert II, who claimed it in proximity of blood.
In 1364, he was defeated by Bertrand du Guesclin, and driven from his Norman lands
Family/Spouse: Joan Of FRANCE. Joan (daughter of John II King Of FRANCE and Bonne Of BOHEMIA) was born on 21 Jun 1343; died on 03 Nov 1373. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
| 14. | Joanna DE MONTFORT  (3.Joanna2, 1.Charles1) was born on 12 Aug 1387 in Nantes, Brittany; died in 1388. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Jeanne of Brittany
- Residence: Twin with Mary
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| 16. | Aegidius DE MONTFORT (3.Joanna2, 1.Charles1) was born in 1394; died on 18 Jul 1412 in Cosne-sur-Loire. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: Lord of Chantoce and Ingrande
- Name: Gilles Of Brittany
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| 17. | Arthur DE MONTFORT, II (3.Joanna2, 1.Charles1) was born on 24 Aug 1393 in Chateau de Succinio; died on 26 Dec 1458 in Chateau Nantes. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: Count of Richmond
- Fact: Duke of Bretaign
- Name: Arthur III Duke Of Brittany
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| 26. | John II Of ALENCON (15.Mary3, 3.Joanna2, 1.Charles1) was born on 02 Mar 1409 in Chateau d'Argentan; died in 1476 in Paris. Notes:
John II of AlenÁon (March 2, 1409, Ch‚teau d'Argentan ? 1476, Paris) was the son of John I of AlenÁon and Marie of Brittany. He succeeded his father as Duke of AlenÁon and Count of Perche as a minor in 1415, after the latter's death at the Battle of Agincourt.
He saw action as a young man at the Battle of Verneuil on August 17, 1424, and was captured by the English. He was held prisoner until 1429, when he was released after payment of a large ransom, which left him impoverished, and the English in control of his duchy. Before his capture at Verneuil, he had married in 1424, at Blois, Jeanne of Orleans, daughter of Charles, duc d'OrlČans, but she died in 1432.
Shortly after his release, he met Joan of Arc and joined her in the fighting through the Loire Valley, becoming her most prominent supporter among the princes of the blood. He left to fight elsewhere after the end of the campaign in September 1429, preferring to attack the English around his own domains in Normandy. On April 30, 1437, at the Chateau L'Isle-Jourdain, he married Marie of Armagnac (c. 1420 ? July 25, 1473, Cloister Mortagne-au-Perche), daughter of John IV of Armagnac.
John was discontented with the Treaty of Arras, having hoped to make good his poverty through the spoliation of the Burgundians. He fell out with Charles VII, and took part in a revolt in 1439?40, (the Praguerie) but was forgiven. He took part in the invasion of Normandy in 1449, but he had unwisely entered into correspondence with the English since 1440. (He had also accepted the Order of the Golden Fleece at this time.) Shortly after testifying at the "rehabilitation trial" of Joan of Arc in 1456, he was arrested by Jean de Dunois and imprisoned at Aigues-Mortes. In 1458, he was convicted of lËse-majestČ and sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted and he was imprisoned at Loches. He was released by Louis XI upon terms at his accession in 1461, but he refused to keep them and was imprisoned again. He was tried a second time before the Parlement of Paris and sentenced to death again on July 18, 1474, and his Duchy was confiscated. However, the sentence was not carried out, and he died in prison in the Louvre in 1476.
John has several illegitimate children:
John
Robert
Jeanne (d. aft. Dec 4, 1481), Countess of Beaumont-le-Roger, married in 1470 Guy de Maulmont
Madeleine, married Henri de Breuil
John married Jeanne Of ORLEANS in 1424 in Blois. Jeanne (daughter of Charles I De Valois Duke Of ORLEANS and Isabella Of VALOIS) was born in 1409 in Blois; died in 1432 in Angers. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Marie Of ARMAGNAC. Marie (daughter of John IV Count Of ARMAGNAC and Blanca DE MONTFORT) was born about 1420; died on 25 Jul 1473 in Cloister Mortagne-auPerche. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 29. | Eleanor Queen Of NAVARRE (18.Blanca3, 6.Charles2, 1.Charles1) was born on 02 Feb 1425; died in 1479. Notes:
Wikipedia Encyclopedia:
Eleanor of Aragon (Spanish: Leonor) (1425-Tudela, 1479), Regent (1455-1479) and the queen regnant (1479) of Navarre.
She was the third and youngest daughter of John II of AragŰn and queen Blanche II of Navarre.
She was born February 2, 1425, and was acclaimed by the cortes in Pamplona, August 9, 1427, being the legitimate heir of Charles, Prince of Viana, and Blanche.
She married Gaston IV, count of Foix, and had the following issue with him:
Gaston (1444-1470), he married Princess Magdalena of Valois of France in 1462 and their children Francis and Catherine both succeeded to Navarre in turn upon the death of their grandmother Eleanor, married Marie d'OrlČans
John(1450-1500), viscount of Narbonne
Peter(1449-1490), cardinal and bishop of Arles
James(1455-1500), count of Cortes, married Catherine of Beaumont
Mary(1452-1497), married William VIII, marquess of Montferrat
Joan(1454-1476), married John V, count of Armagnac
Margaret(1458-1486), married Francis II, duke of Brittany
Catherine (b.1455), married Gaston II de Foix, Count of Candale and Benauges
Isabella b.1462, married Guy of Pons
Leonor
Ana
Family/Spouse: Gaston IV Count Of FOIX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 30. | Blanca of Navarre Blanca Of ARAGON (18.Blanca3, 6.Charles2, 1.Charles1) was born in 1420; died in 1464. Notes:
Blanca married Henry IV of Castile. The marriage was never consummated. After 13 years of marriage, Henry sought and obtained a divorce. Blanca was sent home, where her family imprisoned her, and she was later killed by poison.
Blanca of Navarre (1420-1464) was the daughter of John II of Aragon and Blanche I of Navarre. Blanche was Queen of Navarre and John was King of Aragon.
She married Henry IV of Castile. Blanca remained a virgin, not only on her wedding night, but for the rest of her marriage. After thirteen years, Henry sought a divorce. An official examination confirmed the virginity of Blanca. A divorce was granted by the Pope on the grounds that some "witchcraft" had prevented Henry from consummating the marriage. Blanca was sent home, where her family imprisoned her, and she was later killed by poison in 1464. She remained childless throughout her life.
Her half-brother, Fernando II of Aragon much later married Henry's half-sister, Isabella of Castile. Isabella then inherited the throne from Henry after Henry's second wife, Joana of Portugal only gave birth to a daughter and there were rumors that her daughter was illegitimate. Fernando was chosen over his half-brother, Charles, Prince of Viana to rule Aragon. Isabella and Fernando ruled what became Spain.
After the death of her brother in 1461, some Navarrese dissatisfied elements and some of the anti-Aragonese party regarded Blanca as the rightful monarch, as they had regarded Charles. They proclaimed her queen. She would have thus become Blanche II of Navarre, had not her father (who wanted to keep the government of Navarre) already had her incarcerated and thus not capable to act. Upon her death, her rights to Navarre were inherited by her next sister, Eleanor of Aragon, Countess of Foix, who however was their father's ally and supporter, and did not press her own claims until his death in 1479.
Blanca married Henry IV King Of Castile And LEON on 15 Sep 1440. Henry (son of JuanIIJohn II King Of Castile And LEON and Maria Of ARAGON) was born on 05 Jan 1425 in Valladolid; died on 11 Dec 1474 in Madrid, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 31. | Charles IV King Navarre Carlos Of VIANA (18.Blanca3, 6.Charles2, 1.Charles1) was born in 1421; died on 23 Sep 1461 in Barcelona. Notes:
Wikipedia Encyclopedia:
Charles, Prince of Viana, (1421 - 1461), sometimes called Charles IV, king of Navarre, was the son of John, afterwards king of Aragon, by his marriage with Blanche, daughter and heiress of Charles, king of Navarre. Both his grandfather Charles and his mother, who ruled over Navarre from 1425 to 1441, had bequeathed this kingdom to Charles, whose right had also been recognized by the Cortes; but when Blanche died in 1441 her husband John seized the government to the exclusion of his son. The Prince of Viane was married in Olite (Navarre) on September 30 1439, taking as his wife the Flemish Princess Agnes, the daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Mary of Burgundy sister of Philip the Good. Princess Agnes died, childless, on April 6, 1448, eight years after her marriage to Charles.
The ill-feeling between father and son was increased when in 1447 John took for his second wife Joanna (Juana) Enriquez, a Castilian noblewoman (of a bastard cadet line from Castilian kings), who soon bore him a son, afterwards Ferdinand V, king of Spain, and who regarded her stepson as an interloper. When Joanna began to interfere in the internal affairs of Navarre, civil war broke out, and in 1452 Charles, although aided by John II, king of Castile, was defeated and taken prisoner. Released upon promising not to take the kingly title until after his father's death, the prince, again unsuccessful in an appeal to arms, took refuge in Naples with Alphonso V, king of Aragon, Naples and Sicily. In 1458 Alphonso died and John became king of Aragon, while Charles was offered the crowns of Naples and Sicily. He declined these proposals, and having been reconciled with his father returned to Navarre in 1459. Aspiring to marry a Castilian princess, he was then thrown into prison by his father, and the Catalans rose in his favor. This insurrection soon became general and John was obliged to yield. He released his son, and recognized him as perpetual governor of Catalonia, and heir to the kingdom.
Soon afterwards, however, on 23 September 1461, the prince died at Barcelona, not without a suspicion that he had been poisoned by his stepmother. He was promised to marry Catherine of Portugal (daughter of Portuguese King Edward I) when he died.
Charles was a cultured and amiable prince, fond of music and literature. He translated Aristotle's Ethics into Spanish, a work first published at Saragossa in 1509, and wrote a chronicle of the kings of Navarre, Cronica de los reyes de Navarra.
Carlos married Agnes Of CLEVES on 30 Sep 1439. Agnes was born in 1422; died on 06 Apr 1448. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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