Louis, Duke of Durazzo

Louis of Navarre ( Louis of Evreux and Louis of Beaumont called; probably * 1341, † 1376 ) was the youngest son of King Philip III. and Queen Joan II of Navarre. He was Count of Beaumont and titular Duke of Durazzo.

He completed his first marriage in 1358 to Maria de Lizarazu, which was not recognized by his brother, King Charles II of Navarre, which is why the children were illegitimate from this compound.

In 1360 he received from his brother Charles the evil whose back obtained in the Treaty of Calais county Beaumont- le -Roger.

From 1366 he carried through his marriage to Joanna of Anjou, Duchess of Durazzo, even the title of Duke of Albanian Durazzo ( Durres ), which he, after the city had fallen in 1367 in the hands of the Albanian prince Karl Thopia, trying to recapture. He received this support from both his brother and of King Charles V of France, although he had fought in previous years at the side of his brother against the French king. He pledged Charles V and his county Beaumont- le -Roger. In 1372 he led the Navarrese Company ( Compañía navarre ), a mercenary force that was already in France in his service, in the confrontation a, whose numbers grew significantly in 1375 by recruiting directly from Navarra. In the summer of 1376, although it managed to conquer the city, but could not take advantage of this success Ludwig, as he died shortly thereafter.

From his first marriage he had several children:

• (I) Juana, baptized September 2, 1359 in Olite; ∞ Pedro de Laxage, † after February 13, 1392
• (I) Carlos ( Charles) de Beaumont, * probably in 1361, † 1432, Seigneur de Saint- Martin, de Unx et de Beira, Constable of Navarre; ∞ I Maria Ximenez de Urrea, daughter of Juan Señor de Atrosillo; ∞ II 1407 Anne de Curton, Dame de Curton et de Guissens, daughter of Arnaud, Seigneur de Curton, and Jeanne d' Albret, Queen de Guiche
• (I) Tristan, canon to Pamplona
• (I)? Luis

His marriage to Joan of Anjou remained childless.