Joan II of Navarre

Johanna II (* 1311, † October 6, 1349 at the Château de Conflans ), was Queen of Navarre from 1328 She was the only daughter of the French King Louis X, who was also Ludwig I King of Navarre, and his. first wife Margaret of Burgundy.

After the death of her father in June 1316, the immature Johanna was in a critical situation succession. Her uncle Prince Philip " the Long " had himself appointed regent of France as well as of Navarre. After Joan's half-brother, King John I died after only a few days of life (19 November 1316), was Johanna was the only surviving child of her father a potential heir to the French crown. Philip " the Long " but then turned her legitimacy in question, supposedly her parents were too closely related to each other, and settled on January 9, 1317 when Philip V. crowned the new king of France. To Johanna any other options he had to take to the French throne immediately recognize the Salic Law as alone valid right of succession to the French crown, which excluded women in the succession.

However, the Salic Law only covered the French crown, while in the Kingdom of Navarre and in the county of Champagne still remained the female succession. In fact, had Joan's Uncle Duke Odo IV of Burgundy, where she had lived since the death of her father, Philipp recognition Joan as rightful heir of Navarre and Champagne already reached in July 1316, yet she was by Philip continued to be denied this heritage. Duke Odo remained in January 1317 the coronation of Philip V away and demanded that a binding commitment in the case of Joan. Instead, however, said Philipp in March 1318 Johanna his heiress Navarre -Champagne in the event that he should die without a male heir.

So Johanna had only the heritage -less death of King Charles IV ( Charles I of Navarre ), the younger brother and heir of Philip, wait in 1328 to take over the legacy can. From the new King Philip VI. , Who had no inheritance in Navarre and Champagne itself, she let it recognize the same year contract. In addition, she received as compensation for any damage suffered and the counties of Angoulême Mortain and a proportion of the Cotentin ( Longueville ); later she traded Angoulême against three gentlemen in the Vexin: Pontoise, Beaumont -sur -Oise and Asnière -sur- Oise. Only on the Champagne, one of the most important provinces of France, wanted Philip VI. not do without and led by Johanna years of negotiations, which ended on 15 March 1335 after Johanna ceded the Champagne to a high financial compensation to the king.

Johanna died on October 6, 1349 of the plague and was in the grave place of the French kings, the abbey of Saint -Denis, buried. In the sack of the Royal Tombs of Saint- Denis during the French Revolution to her grave was opened and looted on October 18, 1793, her remains were buried in a mass grave outside the church.

Johanna was married on 18 June 1318 Count Philip of Évreux. He was her second cousin and also of royal blood. His father, Count Louis of Evreux, the youngest son of King Philip III was .. He was also the 1328 King of Navarre (as Philip III. ) Proclaimed and crowned with his wife on March 5, 1329 in Pamplona.

Descendants

• Blanka (c. 1329; † October 5, 1398 ) ∞ January 11, 1350 with King Philip VI. of France (1293-1350)

• ∞ July 23, 1338 by King Peter IV of Aragon ( 1319-1387 )

• ∞ August 4, 1349 with Count Gaston III. Fébus of Foix (1331-1391)

• ∞ with Johann I, Viscount of Rohan († 1395 )

• ∞ 1353 with Yolande de Dampierre ( 1331-1395 )

• ∞ 1358 with Maria de Lizarazu
• ∞ 1366 Joan of Anjou ( 1344-1387 )