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The '''Kingdom of Navarre''' (Basque: ''Nafarroa''; Spanish: ''Navarra'') was a {{Wiki|Basques|Basque}} kingdom that occupied lands on either side of the western Pyrenees, along the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast between present-day [[Spain]] and [[France]].
The '''Kingdom of Navarre''' (Basque: ''Nafarroa''; Spanish: ''Navarra'') was a {{Wiki|Basques|Basque}} kingdom that occupied lands on either side of the western [[Pyrenees]], along the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast between present-day [[Spain]] and [[France]].<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Kingdom of Navarre}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
After the last native Basque dynasty ruling the kingdom died out in 1234, the Navarrese throne passed to various French noble families and sometimes the French and Spanish royal families. In the early 14th century, the Kingdom of Navarre was in a {{Wiki|Personal union|personal union}} with the Kingdom of France under King [[Philip IV of France|Philip]] (I of Navarre and IV of France), although the two kingdoms would separate again later that century due to Navarrese succession laws permitting female monarchs and succession through the female line, while France's did not.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Kingdom of Navarre}}</ref>
By the early 16th century, the kingdom was ruled jointly by {{Wiki|Catherine of Navarre|Queen Catherine}} and her husband [[John III of Navarre|John III]], both of whom belonged to French noble families from neighbouring {{Wiki|Gascony}}. In 1507, John sent his brother-in-law [[Cesare Borgia]] to [[Siege of Viana|retake]] the [[Viana Castle]] from the [[Louis de Beaumont|Count of Lerin]] and the [[Kingdom of Castile|Castilians]] aiding him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Database: Viana]]</ref> The siege would end in a Navarrese defeat, with the [[assassination]] of Cesare by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Pax Romana]]</ref>
By the early 16th century, the kingdom was ruled jointly by {{Wiki|Catherine of Navarre|Queen Catherine}} and her husband [[John III of Navarre|John III]], both of whom belonged to French noble families from neighbouring {{Wiki|Gascony}}. In 1507, John sent his brother-in-law [[Cesare Borgia]] to [[Siege of Viana|retake]] the [[Viana Castle]] from the [[Louis de Beaumont|Count of Lerin]] and the [[Kingdom of Castile|Castilians]] aiding him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Database: Viana]]</ref> The siege would end in a Navarrese defeat, with the [[assassination]] of Cesare by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Pax Romana]]</ref>
In 1512, having remarried to one of Queen Catherine's cousins after [[Isabella I of Castile|Isabella of Castille]]'s death and claimed the Navarrese throne in her right, [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] completed the conquest of the Spanish half of Navarre. After a failed counterattack on the traditional Navarrese capital of {{Wiki|Pamplona}}, the legitimate Navarrese royal family were forced to permanently relocate to their holdings in southern Gascony.<ref name="Wiki"/>
The rump Gascon Kingdom of Navarre was inherited by the [[House of Bourbon]] under King [[Henry IV of France|Henry III]] in 1572. He would also inherit the French throne as Henry IV in 1589, uniting the two thrones for the final time before Navarre's remnants were formally integrated into the Kingdom of France in 1620 under Henry's son [[Louis XIII of France|Louis]] (II of Navarre and XIII of France), although the Bourbons retained the title of King of Navarre until the [[French Revolution]]. Additionally, {{Wiki|Lower Navarre}}, one of the few Basque areas still controlled by the rump kingdom, did retain a degree of autonomy even after 1620, including the continuation of traditional Navarrese institutions like the ''{{Wiki|Fuero#Basque_and_Pyrenean_fueros|fueros}}'', and saw itself as nationally separate from France. This came to an end when it was integrated into the Basses-Pyrénées departement in 1790, although in practice this was not fully enforced until the {{Wiki|War of the Pyrenees}} a few years later.<ref name="Wiki"/>
Ferdinand II's successors would also claim the Kingdom of Navarre until the Spanish half of Navarre's territory was formally absorbed into the Kingdom of Spain in 1841.<ref name="Wiki"/>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Latest revision as of 22:48, 17 August 2026

The Kingdom of Navarre (Basque: Nafarroa; Spanish: Navarra) was a Basque kingdom that occupied lands on either side of the western Pyrenees, along the Atlantic coast between present-day Spain and France.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

By the early 16th century, the kingdom was ruled jointly by Queen Catherine and her husband John III, both of whom belonged to French noble families from neighbouring Gascony. In 1507, John sent his brother-in-law Cesare Borgia to retake the Viana Castle from the Count of Lerin and the Castilians aiding him.[2] The siege would end in a Navarrese defeat, with the assassination of Cesare by Ezio Auditore.[3]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • A Navarrese soldier
    A Navarrese soldier

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Kingdom of Navarre on Wikipedia
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Database: Viana
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Pax Romana
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