Kings of Navarre (Foix-Albret line)

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The Kings of Navarre of the Foix-Albret line were a late medieval and early modern dynasty that inherited the Navarrese crown through the Counts of Foix and ultimately passed their claims to the Bourbon rulers of France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf line of monarchs
royal dynasty
associatedWith French Wars of Religion
Huguenot movement
linked to: Huguenots
claimPassedTo French Crown
coatOfArmsFeature chains of Navarre
lions of Albret
linked to: Lord of Albret

pales of Foix
countryRuled Kingdom of Navarre
dynasticUnionWith House of Bourbon
endDate 1589
governmentForm hereditary monarchy
hasCapital Pamplona
Pau
hasDynasticOrigin House of Albret
House of Foix
hasNotableMember Catherine of Navarre
Francis Phoebus of Navarre
Henry II of Navarre
Henry III of Navarre
Henry IV of France
Jeanne d'Albret
linked to: Jeanne d’Albret

John III of Navarre
hasReligion Roman Catholicism
hasSuccessorDynasty House of Bourbon
inheritedThrough Counts of Foix
languageUsed Basque
French
Navarrese Romance
Occitan
lastRuler Henry III of Navarre
lastRulerAlsoKnownAs Henry IV of France
notableEvent loss of Upper Navarre to Castile in 1512
retention of sovereignty in Lower Navarre
union of Navarrese and French crowns in 1589
predecessorDynasty House of Trastámara
regionRuled Albret
Béarn
Foix
Lower Navarre
startDate 1479
timePeriod early modern period
late Middle Ages
titleHeld Count of Foix
King of Navarre
Lord of Béarn
Viscount of Béarn
transferredClaimsTo Bourbon rulers of France
linked to: Bourbon monarchy

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Counts of Foix successor Kings of Navarre (Foix-Albret line)
John III of Navarre partOf House of Albret-Navarre dynasty
linked to: Kings of Navarre (Foix-Albret line)