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John III (French: Jean d'Albret; 1469 – 14 June 1516) was King of Navarre from 1484 until his death in 1516 as the husband and co-ruler of Queen Catherine. He was a son of Alain I, Lord of Albret , and Frances, Countess of Périgord .
Catherine reigned together with her husband John III. After his death, she reigned alone for eight months until her own death. During their reign, Navarre was defeated by Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1512, resulting in the loss of all its territory south of the Pyrenees, including the royal capital of Pamplona.
Navarre received from King Henry II, the son of Queen Catherine and King John III, a representative assembly, the clergy being represented by the bishops of Bayonne and Dax, their vicars-general, the parish priest of St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, and the priors of Saint-Palais, Utziat and Harambels (Haranbeltz).
In 1512–13, Upper Navarre, the portion of the Kingdom below the Pyrenees and the independent portion of the Kingdom from which the crown derived, was occupied by Spanish forces under Ferdinand the Catholic, the son of John II, and husband of Germaine de Foix (an heiress of Navarre), driving out the king and queen, John III and Catherine I ...
Jaime Vélaz de Medrano y Echauz (1475 – 16th century) was a nobleman from the House of Medrano, a Knight of Navarre, royal guard of King John III of Navarre, captain of the kings standing army, alcaide of the Castle of Maya and mayor of Amaiur-Maya.
King of Navarre r. 1555–1562 jure uxoris: Jeanne III d'Albret 1528–1572 Queen of Navarre r. 1555–1572: William 1516–1592 Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg r. 1539–1592: John 1530: Henry Duke of Beaumont 1551–1553: Margaret of France 1553–1615: Henry III 1553–1610 King of Navarre r. 1572–1610 King of France r. 1589–1610: Marie de ...
Catherine and John III left for Tudela hoping to raise troops among loyal lords, but managed to recruit only 500. [5]: 18 Overwhelmed by the sheer size of the Spanish expedition, the loyalists veered east to Lumbier (Irunberri), and on to Lower Navarre. Catherine, John III, and their troops retreated to Orthez, Béarn.
Queen Catherine's effigy with King John III stamped on a coin. In 1516, two columns led by King John III and Pedro, Marshal of Navarre, crossed the Pyrenees south and attempted to reconquer Navarre but they failed to progress into the heartland of the kingdom. Devastated by the defeats undergone, John retreated to Monein, and