Philip III of Navarre

Philip III of Navarre
Philip III of Navarre
	Bust of Philip III, now in the Louvre
Personal details
Born	27 March 1306
Died	16 September 1343 (aged 37); Jerez de la Frontera
Spouse(s)	Joan II of Navarre

Philip III (27 March 1306 – 16 September 1343), called the Noble (el Noble) or the Wise, Count of Évreux^[1] (1319–1343) and King of Navarre (1328–1343), was the second son of Louis of Évreux and Margaret of Artois and therefore a grandson of King Philip III of France.^[2] Because of this descent, he was a possible heir to the throne of France.

Inheritance[]

In due course, he inherited the County of Évreux, in Normandy, from his father, and ten years later became Philip III, jure uxoris King of Navarre, on the death of his cousin Charles IV of France. On 18 June 1318, he had married the heiress Joan II. She held extensive fiefdoms in northern France, as well as Navarre. Because of their lands and their many royal relatives, Philip and his wife were influential in both France and Navarre and spent much of their lives going back and forth between them.

Military achievements[]

By the Treaty of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon of 14 March 1336 he received the counties of Angoulème and Mortain in the peerage of France, and the castles of Benon in Aunis and Fontenay-l'Abattu in Poitou. In 1339, he was at the side of the kings of France, Bohemia (John), and Scotland (David II), relieving the cities of Cambrai and Tournai, besieged by the English. This was the opening stages of the Hundred Years' War.

Aside from that war on French soil, Philip actively participated in the Reconquista in Iberia. He joined the crusade intitiated by Alfonso XI of Castile against the Kingdom of Granada and was mortally wounded by an arrow and died at the Siege of Algeciras (1342-1344).^[3]

Marriage and children[]

By his wife Joan, he had eight children:

Maria (c. 1329 – 1347), first wife of Peter IV of Aragon
Blanche (1331–1398), second wife of Philip VI of France
Charles II the Bad (1332–1387), successor, Count of Évreux and King of Navarre^[4]
Agnes (1334–1396), married Gaston III, Count of Foix
Philip, Count of Longueville (1336–1363), married Yolande de Dampierre
Joanna (1338–1387), nun at Longchamps
Joanna (1339–1403), married John I, Viscount of Rohan
Louis (1341–1372), Count of Beaumont-le-Roger, married firstly Maria de Lizarazu and secondly Joanna, Duchess of Durazzo

Ancestry[]

Notes[]

↑ The Catholic encyclopedia, Vol.10, Ed. Charles George Herbermann, (The Encyclopedia Press, 1913), 722.
↑ The Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol.10, Ed. Hugh Chisholm, (1911), 37.
↑ Housley, Norman, The Avignon papacy and the Crusades, 1305-1378, (Oxford University Press, 1986), 61.
↑ The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol.10, 722.

References[]

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol.10, Ed. Charles George Herbermann, The Encyclopedia Press, 1913.
The Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol.10, Ed. Hugh Chisholm, 1911.

Philip III of Navarre House of Évreux Born: 27 March 1306 Died: 16 September 1343
Preceded by Louis d'Évreux	Count of Évreux 1319–1343	Succeeded by Charles II of Navarre
Preceded by Joan II	King of Navarre (jure uxoris) With Joan II 1328–1343	Succeeded by Charles II

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[1] The Catholic encyclopedia, Vol.10, Ed. Charles George Herbermann, (The Encyclopedia Press, 1913), 722.

[2] The Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol.10, Ed. Hugh Chisholm, (1911), 37.

[3] Housley, Norman, The Avignon papacy and the Crusades, 1305-1378, (Oxford University Press, 1986), 61.

[4] The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol.10, 722.

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