Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche
| Beatrice of Navarre | |
|---|---|
| Countess of La Marche | |
| Born | Oct 23, 1386 Castile |
| Died | Dec 14, 1407 Olite |
| Spouse | James II, Count of La Marche |
| Issue | Isabelle of Bourbon-La Marche Marie of Bourbon-La Marche Eleanor, Countess of Pardiac |
| House | Évreux |
| Father | Charles III of Navarre |
| Mother | Eleanor of Castile |
Beatrice of Navarre (1386–1407) was the first wife of Jacques de Bourbon but died young, leaving one daughter.
Biography
[edit]Beatrice was a daughter of Charles III of Navarre and his wife, Eleanor of Castile.[1] She was a member of the House of Évreux. Her surviving siblings were Blanche I of Navarre, wife of John II of Aragon, and Isabella of Navarre, wife of John IV of Armagnac.
In 1406 in Pamplona, Beatrice married James II, Count of La Marche,[2] son of John I, Count of La Marche,[3] and Catherine of Vendôme. The couple had:
- Eleanor of Bourbon-La Marche (Burlada, Sep 7, 1407 – aft. 21 August 1464), married Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac (d. 1462)
Beatrice died, in childbirth, on Dec 14, 1407 in Olite.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Levasseur 2006, p. 162.
- ^ Woodacre 2013, p. 86.
- ^ Potter 1995, p. 376.
- ^ Castro 1960, p. 345-360.
Sources
[edit]- Castro, José Ramón (1960). "El conde de la Marca y la guerra de Granada". Estudios Eclesiásticos. Revista de investigación e información teológica y canónica (in Spanish). 35 (Extra): 345–360. ISSN 2605-5147.
- Levasseur, Michel (2006). Histoire des d'Albret et des rois de Navarre (in French). Atlantica.
- Potter, David (1995). Keen, Maurice (ed.). A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312124809.
- Woodacre, Elena (2013). The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1137339140.