Eleanor of Navarre explained

Eleanor of Aragon (Spanish; Castilian: Leonor) (Olite, Navarre (now Spain), 2 February 1426  - Tudela, Navarre (now Spain), 12 February 1479)[1] , Regent (1455-1479) and the queen regnant of Navarre in 1479. She was crowned on 28 January 1479 in Tudela.[2]

Life

She was the third and youngest daughter of John II of Aragón and queen Blanche I of Navarre.She was born February 2, 1426, and was acclaimed by the cortes in Pamplona, August 9, 1427, as the legitimate heir of Charles, Prince of Viana, and Blanche.

Marriage and Children

She married Gaston IV, count of Foix, and had the following children with him:

Ancestors

Eleanor's ancestors in three generations
Eleanor of NavarreFather:
John II of Aragon
Paternal Grandfather:
Ferdinand I of Aragon
Paternal Great-grandfather:
John I of Castile
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Eleanor of Aragon
Paternal Grandmother:
Eleanor of Alburquerque
Paternal Great-grandfather:
Sancho of Alburquerque
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Infanta Beatriz, Countess of Alburquerque
Mother:
Blanche I of Navarre
Maternal Grandfather:
Charles III of Navarre
Maternal Great-grandfather:
Charles II of Navarre
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre
Maternal Grandmother:
Eleanor of Castile
Maternal Great-grandfather:
Henry II of Castile
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Juana Manuel of Castile

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Notes and References

  1. cf. Anthony (1931)
  2. see Anthony (1931)