Charles III of Navarre

Charles III (1361 – 8 September 1425), called the Noble, was King of Navarre from 1387 to his death and Count of Évreux from 1387 to 1404, when he exchanged it for the title Duke of Nemours. He spent his reign improving the infrastructure of his kingdom, restoring Navarre's pride after the dismal reign of his father, Charles the Bad, and mending strained relations with France.

Charles III
King of Navarre
Reign1387–1425
PredecessorCharles II
SuccessorBlanche I
Born1361
Mantes-la-Jolie
Died8 September 1425 (aged 63–64)
Royal Palace of Olite
Burial
Pamplona Cathedral
Spouse
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(m. 1375; died 1416)​
Issue
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HouseÉvreux
FatherCharles II of Navarre
MotherJoan of Valois
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Charles III was born at Mantes-la-Jolie, the son of Charles II of Navarre and Joan of Valois. He married Eleanor, daughter of Henry II of Castile, in 1375,[1] putting an end to the conflict between Castile and Navarre.

On 25 July 1390, Charles named Joanna as his heir to Navarre.[2] Yet in 1397 his son, Charles, would be recognized as heir to Navarre.[3] As king, his politics were peace with France, Castile, Aragon, and England, support for the Avignon Papacy, and matrimonial alliance. He collaborated with Castile in a war on the Kingdom of Granada. By the Treaty of Paris, he abandoned his claims to Champagne and Brie and made peace with France.

Charles created the title Prince of Viana for the heir to the throne, entitling his grandson Charles in 1423.[4] He was a patron of the arts and he finished construction on the great Gothic Cathedral of Pamplona. When it comes to Navarre's home policy, he decreed the watershed unification of Pamplona's boroughs in 1423, after over three centuries of division and rivalry. He also built the royal palace at Tafalla and the Royal Palace of Olite, where he died in 1425.

Tomb of Charles III in the Cathedral of Pamplona.

Issue

Charles and Eleanor's children were:

Ancestry

References
  1. Woodacre 2013, p. 77.
  2. Woodacre 2013, p. 80.
  3. Woodacre 2013, p. 81.
  4. Woodacre 2013, p. 94.
  5. Woodacre 2013, p. 83.
  6. Woodacre 2013, p. 78.
  7. Woodacre 2013, p. 86.

Sources
  • Woodacre, Elena (2013). The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512. Palgrave Macmillan.
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