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5 unusual facts about Joan of Navarre


1437

June 10Joanna of Navarre, daughter of Charles the Bad, King of Navarre (born 1370)

Joan of Navarre, Queen of England

Richard of Brittany (1395 – 2 June 1438, Château de Clisson), Count of Benon, Étampes, and Mantes, married in 1423 Margaret d'Orléans, Countess of Vertus, daughter of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans

Priest–penitent privilege in England from the Reformation to the nineteenth century

Randolf was the confessor of Joanna of Navarre, widow of Henry IV who was accused of attempting to poison her stepson Henry V by witchcraft.

St. Mary's Church, Broadwater

John Mapulton (also known as John Mapilton), rector of the church between 1424 and 1431 was clerk to the Court of Chancery and was chancellor to Queen Joanna, widow of Henry IV.

West Ravendale Priory

Owing to wars with France it was taken into the possession of the English Crown, and was part of the dowry of Joan of Navarre, wife of Henry IV.


Charles III of Navarre

His sister, Joanna of Navarre, married Henry IV of England.


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