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Eleanor of Navarre

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Eleanor of Aragon (Spanish: Leonor) (1425-Tudela, 1479), Regent (1455-1479) and the queen regnant (1479) of Navarre.

She was the third and youngest daughter of John II of Aragón and queen Blanche I of Navarre.

She was born February 2, 1425, and was acclaimed by the cortes in Pamplona, August 9, 1427, being the legitimate heir of Charles, Prince of Viana, and Blanche.

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

Gaston (1444-1470), he married Princess Magdalena of Valois of France in 1462 and their children Francis and Catherine both succeeded to Navarre in turn upon the death of their grandmother Eleanor, married Marie d'Orléans

John (1450-1500), viscount of Narbonne, whose daughter Germaine of Foix was second wife to Ferdinand II of Aragon,

Peter (1449-1490), cardinal and bishop of Arles

James (1455-1500), count of Cortes, married Catherine of Beaumont

Mary (1452-1497), married William VIII, marquess of Montferrat

Joan (1454-1476), married John V, count of Armagnac

Margaret of Foix (1453-1486), married Francis II, duke of Brittany

Catherine (b.1455), married Gaston II de Foix, Count of Candale and Benauges

Isabella b.1462, married Guy of Pons

Leonor

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Wiki: Eleanor of Navarre

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

1. 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.

2. Marriage and Children

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

Gaston (1444-1470), he married Princess Magdalena of Valois of France in 1462 and their children Francis and Catherine both succeeded to Navarre in turn upon the death of their grandmother Eleanor, married Marie d'Orléans

John (1450-1500), viscount of Narbonne, whose daughter Germaine of Foix was second wife to Ferdinand II of Aragon,

Peter (1449-1490), cardinal and bishop of Arles

James (1455-1500), count of Cortes, married Catherine of Beaumont

Mary (1452-1497), married William VIII, marquess of Montferrat

Joan (1454-1476), married John V, count of Armagnac

Margaret of Foix (1453-1486), married Francis II, duke of Brittany

Catherine (b. 1455), married Gaston II de Foix, Count of Candale and Benauges

Isabella (c. 1462-c. 1470)

Leonor (d. young)