| Eleanor | |
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| Queen of Navarre | |
| Reign | 28 January 1479 – 12 February 1479 |
| Coronation | 28 January 1479 |
| Predecessor | John II |
| Successor | Francis |
| Born | 2 February 1426 Olite,Navarre |
| Died | 12 February 1479(1479-02-12) (aged 53) Tudela, Navarre |
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| Issue among others... | |
| House | Trastámara |
| Father | John II of Aragon |
| Mother | Blanche I of Navarre |
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| Ferdinand I |
| Alfonso V |
| John II |
| Ferdinand II |
| Joanna I |
Eleanor of Navarre[a] (2 February 1426 – 12 February 1479)[1] was a Navarrese princess and monarch. She served as theregent of Navarre from 1455 to 1479, during the absence of her father, and then briefly as thequeen regnant of Navarre in 1479. She was crowned on 28 January 1479 inTudela.[1]
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She was born inOlite,Navarre (nowSpain), the third and youngest child of KingJohn II of Aragon and QueenBlanche I of Navarre.[2] She was the younger sister ofBlanche II of Navarre.[3] She was born 2 February 1426, and was acclaimed by theCortes inPamplona, 9 August 1427, as the legitimate heir ofCharles of Viana (Charles "IV") and Blanche II of Navarre in succession to their mother. After their mother's death, however, their father occupied Navarre.
She marriedGaston IV, Count of Foix, in 1441.[4] In 1442, Eleanor moved with her spouse toBearn. In 1455, her father deposed her brother and her sister as heirs of Navarre and proclaimed Eleanor as the heir and the regent and general governor of Navarre. In her new capacities, she moved toSangüesa. She continued as regent after the death of her brother in 1461. In 1462, she signed the Treaty of Olite, in which she recognized her father as the monarch of Navarre and accepted to have her sister Blanche imprisoned under her care.
In 1464, Blanche died in her care, suspected to have been poisoned. By the treaty, she was recognized by her father as the heir of Navarre and his regent (governor) in Navarre. In 1468, her father killed her advisor Nicolas de Etchabarri, and deposed her as governor. In 1471, however, her father recognized her as the governor of Navarre until his death. At her father's death in 1479, she gave her oath as the monarch of Navarre and died two weeks later atTudela, Navarre, aged 53.
In 1441, she marriedGaston IV, Count of Foix, and had the following children with him:[1]
| Ancestors of Eleanor of Navarre |
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Eleanor of Navarre Born: 2 February 1426 Died: 12 February 1479 | ||
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| Preceded by | Queen of Navarre 1479 | Succeeded by |