List of Navarrese monarchs
This is a list of the kings of Pamplona, later Navarre. Pamplona, name of the capital, was used as the only or main name of the kingdom until the period of the dominion of Aragón (1076-1134). However, the territorial designation Navarre came into use as an alternative name in the late 10th century, though it was used much less often. Aragonese kings created a county named Navarre in the central areas of the kingdom of Pamplona. When the country regained its independence, from 1134 onwards, the name Navarre was the main designation of the kingdom.
| Íñiguez dynasty
The Íñiguez dynasty founded the Navarrese kingdom (of Pamplona) in or around 824 when they rebelled against nominal Frankish (Carolingian) authority.
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Jiménez dynasty
The Jiménez dynasty formed a line of co-regents with the Íñiguez for much of the ninth century. Eventually, the Jiménez dynasts took over the kingship completely and such subsequent monarchs are listed below.
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- 905-925 Sancho I Garcés, son of García II Jiménez. His wife Toda was granddaughter of king Fortún Garcés
- 925-931 Jimeno II Garcés, brother of Sancho I, and co-regent (along with Queen Dowager Toda) for his nephew, he used the royal title.
- 925-970 García III Sánchez. Son of Sancho I.
- 970-994 Sancho II Garcés Abarca, also count of Aragon in his right of his mother.
- 994-1000 García IV the Trembler.
- 1000-1035 Sancho III the Great, also count of Castile and conqueror of León.
- 1035-1054 García V Sánchez of Nájera.
- 1054-1076 Sancho IV of Peñalén.
- 1076-1094 Sancho V Ramírez, son of García V's bastard brother, king Ramiro I of Aragon. Also king of Aragón from 1063.
- 1094-1104 Peter
- 1104-1134 Alfonso the Battler
- 1134-1150 García VI Ramírez the Restorer, grandson of García V's bastard son.
- 1150-1194 Sancho VI the Wise
- 1194-1234 Sancho VII the Strong
- 1234-1253 Theobald I the Troubadour, also called the Posthumous, grandson of Sancho VI.
- 1253-1270 Theobald II
- 1270-1274 Henry I the Fat
- 1274-1305 Joan I with her husband Philip I the Fair (1284-1305), also king of France as Philip IV.
- 1284-1305 Philip I the Fair (with Joan I).
- 1305-1316 Louis I the Headstrong
- 1316 John I
- 1316-1322 Philip II the Tall
- 1322-1328 Charles I the Fair
- 1328-1349 Joan II with her husband Philip III (1328-1343), also count of Évreux.
- 1328-1343 Philip III (with Joan II).
- 1349-1387 Charles II the Bad
- 1387-1425 Charles III the Noble
- 1425-1441 Blanche with her husband John II the Great (1425-1479), also king of Aragón
House of Trastámara (1425-1479)
- 1479-1483 Francis Phoebus, also count of Foix, grandson of Eleanor.
- 1483-1518 Catherine with her husband John III (1484-1516), also known as Jean d'Albret.
In 1512, he was defeated by Ferdinand II of Aragon who then conquered southern Navarre for the Crown of Aragon and was crowned king. See the List of Aragonese and Spanish monarchs for this line.
The following monarchs only reigned over Lower Navarre, the part of Navarre north of the Pyrenees.
- 1516-1555 Henry II
- 1555-1572 Joan III d'Albret with her husband Antoine of Bourbon (1555–1562), also duke of Vendôme.
- 1572-1610 Henry III, also king of France as Henry IV, son of Joan.
- 1610-1620 Louis II, also king of France as Louis XIII.
Henry III of Navarre became Henry IV of France and thereafter the crown of Navarre passed to the kings of France. In 1620, the Kingdom was merged into France, although the French kings continued to use the title King of Navarre until 1791, and it was revived from 1814 to 1830 during the Restoration.
The Bourbon Carlist pretenders to the throne of Spain had Spanish Navarre as a stronghold during the Carlist Wars, but their claim was to all the Spanish royal titles.
Current claimants
- Alice, Duchess of Calabria is the current claimant of Kingdom of Navarre in accordance with its fundamental feudal succession order, as evidenced by her son's and heir's official website [1].
- Louis Alfonso, Duke of Anjou is the current claimant of so-called Blancs d'Espagne to the kingdoms of France and Navarre. His Navarrese claim is based on the alteration of succession order to be restricted in accordance with Salic Law effectuated by Louis XIII.
Juan Carlos I, the reigning king of Spain (which is the actual country to where most of the territories of historical Navarre belong), uses the title King of Navarre as part of his more extended titulary, inherited from earlier monarchs of Spain (Castile and Aragon).
See also
- List of Aragonese monarchs
- List of Asturian monarchs
- List of Castilian monarchs
- List of Galician monarchs
- List of Leonese monarchs
- List of Spanish monarchs
- List of Navarrese royal consorts
- Kings of Navarre family tree