Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Kingdom of Navarre
824–1620s
Reino de Navarra; Nafarroako Erresuma. Sancho VI the Wise (1150–1194) was the first to officially style himself "King of Navarre" rather than "of Pamplona."
- Existed
- 824–1620s
- Shown on the map
- 1139–1284, 1333–1428 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 22k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Reino de Navarra; Nafarroako Erresuma. Sancho VI the Wise (1150–1194) was the first to officially style himself "King of Navarre" rather than "of Pamplona." Sancho VII the Strong (1194–1234) fought at Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) — his chains reputedly became the Navarrese arms — and was the last of the Jiménez line. Thereafter French dynasties ruled: the houses of Champagne, Capet, Évreux, Foix, and Albret. Navarre was under kings of Aragon (1054–1134) and France (1285–1328) at points. Ferdinand II of Aragon conquered southern (Iberian) Navarre in 1512 (permanently annexed 1524; incorporated into Castile 1515), while Lower Navarre (north of the Pyrenees) survived under the House of Albret; its ruler Henry III of Navarre became Henry IV of France (1589), and Lower Navarre remained a titular kingdom until the French crowns merged it.
Common questions
- What was the Kingdom of Navarre?
- Reino de Navarra; Nafarroako Erresuma. Sancho VI the Wise (1150–1194) was the first to officially style himself "King of Navarre" rather than "of Pamplona."
- When did the Kingdom of Navarre exist?
- The Kingdom of Navarre existed 824–1620s. On this map it is drawn 1139–1284, 1333–1428.
- How large was the Kingdom of Navarre?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Kingdom of Navarre covered about 22,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for al-Andalus, the taifas and the Christian kingdoms as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia and academic work on the historiography of the Reconquista and the taifa period (García-Sanjuán). The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Kingdom of Navarre en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Navarre
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