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unusual facts about Queen of Navarre


Sancha of Castile

Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre (c.1139-1179),daughter of Alfonso VII of Castile and his first wife Berenguela of Barcelona; wife of Sancho VI of Navarre


Payzac, Dordogne

: Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarre, countess of Périgord, viscountess of Limoges, lady of Paysac

Thomas Erskine of Haltoun

He had letters of recommendation from James V to Eleanor of France, the Queen of Navarre, Madame Aubigny and Robert Stuart, sieur d'Aubigny, the Chancellor Antoine Duprat Cardinal of Sens, the Admiral Philippe de Chabot, the Grand Master Anne de Montmorency, and the French Secretary Jean le Breton, sieur de Villandry.


see also

Catherine of Foix

Catherine of Navarre, queen of Navarre, duchess of Gandía, duchess of Montblanc, duchess of Peñafiel, countess of Foix

Mary of Bourbon

The Queen of Navarre wondered if James V might marry Christina of Denmark, and suggested her sister-in-law Isabella as Queen of Scotland instead.

Style of the French sovereign

By chance, France and Navarre were united again in 1589, in the person of Henry IV of France: his mother, Joan III of Navarre, had been the Queen of Navarre (and senior heiress of Joan II), his father, Antoine de Bourbon, had been the senior-most heir after the House of Valois.