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Catherine of Navarre

She ruled Navarre alongside John of Albret during Ferdinand the Catholic’s conquest of its Iberian part. The dynasty retained its rights and its domains north of the Pyrenees.

1468 – 1517Queen regnant of NavarreFoix · ES

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Historical profile

Key details

Birth: 1468 Pending review

Death: 1517 Pending review

Role: Queen regnant of Navarre

Other recorded names: Catherine I of Navarre

Dynasty: Foix · ES

Territories: Navarre (ES) · Foix (ES) · Béarn (ES) · County of Bigorre (ES)

Recorded governments and reigns

Queen · Navarre · Reign Pending review1483–1517Branch ruleFrom 1512 the two lines did not effectively govern the whole of the former kingdom.

Viscountess · Béarn · Viscounty Pending review1483–1517Effective rule

Countess · Foix · County Documented1483–1517Effective ruleSuccession of the counts of Foix; the dates follow the Viscounty of Béarn, inherited by the same person.

Countess · County of Bigorre · County Documented1483–1517Effective ruleFrom 1425 Bigorre was ruled by the counts of Foix.

Family network

Recorded relationships

Parents

Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana · ESPending reviewMadeleine of France · ESPending review

Partners

John III of NavarrePending review

Children

Henry II of Navarre

Crowns and unions

Their titles over time

Follow the changing territories and offices of Catherine of Navarre. Each title retains its own status.

Period

Governments in 1483

NavarreQueen
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- Navarre · ESQueen · Branch rule · Albret-Bourbon dynasty; Lower Navarre after the conquest1483–1517 · From 1512 the two lines did not effectively govern the whole of the former kingdom.
BéarnViscountess
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- Béarn · ESViscountess · Effective rule1483–1517
FoixCountess
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- Foix · ESCountess · Effective rule1483–1517 · Succession of the counts of Foix; the dates follow the Viscounty of Béarn, inherited by the same person.
County of BigorreCountess
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- County of Bigorre · ESCountess · Effective rule1483–1517 · From 1425 Bigorre was ruled by the counts of Foix.

Annual dates: overlap within one year does not prove that two offices were held on the same day. Regencies and co-rulerships retain their labels.

Documentation

Sources for this profile

Real Academia de la Historia · Diccionario Biográfico español

Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.

Evidence for this profile

9 recorded claims · 7 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.

Dates (0/2 with a precise source)

BirthPending review
1468
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
DeathPending review
1517
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·

Family and relationships (0/3 with a precise source)

FatherPending review
Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
MotherPending review
Madeleine of France
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
Marriage or partnershipPending review
John III of Navarre
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·

Governments (2/4 with a precise source)

GovernmentPending review
Queen · Navarre · 1483–1517
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
GovernmentPending review
Viscountess · Béarn · 1483–1517
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
GovernmentDocumented
Countess · Foix · 1483–1517
Succession of the counts of Foix; the dates follow the Viscounty of Béarn, inherited by the same person.
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana · Comtat de Foix · Gaston IV (1436); his grandchildren Francis Phoebus and Catherine, monarchs of Navarre; Henry (II of Navarre), Jeanne (III) and Henry IV of France, who incorporated the domains into the French crown in 1607.
Reviewed on 2026-10-19 by El Árbol de Europa ·
GovernmentDocumented
Countess · County of Bigorre · 1483–1517
From 1425 Bigorre was ruled by the counts of Foix.
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana · Bigorra · In 1425 John I of Grailly, Count of Foix, received the county from Charles VII. Thereafter it was ruled by the counts of Foix; Henry IV incorporated it into his kingdom in 1607.
Reviewed on 2026-10-19 by El Árbol de Europa ·

Biographical and contextual references (1)

Real Academia de la Historia · Diccionario Biográfico español

Editorial history

2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.

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