House of Évreux
The house France Évreux was a side branch of the family of the Capetians, so is also the French name Maison d' Evreux - Navarre capétienne. It originates from Louis of France (* 1276, † 1319 ), a younger brother of King Philip IV (* 1268, † 1314), which this 1298 County Évreux handed inter alia, as an appanage.
Ludwig's son, Philip (* 1301, † 1343 ) occurred after the death of his cousin Charles IV, King of France and King of Navarre, in 1328 when Philip III. its successor in Navarre, although he was not a descendant of the Navarrese kings - a grievance, the following year by his marriage with Joan II of Navarre (* 1312, † 1349 ), the rightful heir, who had been but withheld the Kingdom so far was "cured" was.
About Charles II ( king 1343-1387 ) reached the crown of Navarre to Charles III. ( King 1387-1425 ), who died without male heirs; his daughter and heiress Blanche of Navarre died in 1441 and with it the line Évreux.
After her death, her second husband, John of Aragon retained the rule over Navarre until his death in 1479, before the common couple's daughter, Eleanor, inherited the throne for a few weeks. Your own death brought Navarre then successively by succession to the House Grailly (1479-1517), the family of Albret (1484-1572) and the Bourbons (from 1555), the IV and Henry the north of the Pyrenees in Navarre lying part (the part south of the Pyrenees had been lost in 1512 at Aragón ) finally united with France.