Jeanne d'Albret

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Jeanne III
Portrait by François Clouet, 1570
Queen of Navarre
Reign 25 May 1555 – 9 June 1572
Coronation 18 August 1555 at Pau
Predecessor Henry II
Successor Henry III
Born 16 November 1528
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Died 9 June 1572(1572-06-09) (aged 43)
Paris, Kingdom of France
Spouse William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (m 1541)
Antoine, King of Navarre (m 1548)
Issue Henry IV of France
Catherine, Hereditary Princess of Lorraine
House Albret
Father Henry II of Navarre
Mother Margaret of Angoulême
Burial ducal Church of collégiale Saint-Georges, Vendôme
Signature

Jeanne d'Albret (16 November 1528 – 9 June 1572), also known as Jeanne III, was Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572.


Issue[edit]

  1. Henri de bourbon, Duke of Beaumont (1551–1553) died unmarried.
  2. Henry IV of France (1553–1610)
  3. Louis de Bourbon, Count of Marle (1555–1557) died in infancy.
  4. Madeleine de Bourbon (1556–1648) married Jean-Luc Laugier and had issue
  5. Catherine de Bourbon (1559–1604), married Henry II, Duke of Lorraine.






Jeanne d'Albret
Born: 16 November 1528 Died: 9 June 1572
Regnal titles
Preceded by Queen of Navarre
Countess of Foix

25 May 1555 – 9 June 1572
with Antoine
Succeeded by

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