Francis Phoebus of Navarre

Francis Phoebus

King of Navarre
Reign	12 February 1479 – 30 January 1483
Coronation	12 January 1479
Predecessor	Eleanor
Successor	Catherine

Born	(1469-04-18)18 April 1469 Bearn
Died	30 January 1483(1483-01-30) (aged 13) Pau, Bearn
House	Foix
Father	Gaston, Prince of Viana
Mother	Magdalena of France

Francis Phoebus (Basque: Frantzisko Febus, French: François Fébus, Spanish: Francisco Febo; c.1469 – 7 January 1483) was king of Navarre (1479–1483), Viscount of Bearn, and Count of Foix (1472). He was the son of Gaston, Prince of Viana, and grandson of Queen Eleanor, whom he succeeded. She recommended him to ally with France.^[1]

His succession was approved by the Agramont party, while the Beaumont party fell behind Ferdinand the Catholic who started to build up political and military pressure on the Kingdom of Navarre in the run-up to the fully-fledged invasion of 1512.

During his brief reign, he was under the protection of his mother, the regent Magdalena of Valois. He died aged 16 while playing the pipe, arguably poisoned. He was buried in Lescar.^[1]

References

1 2 Orpustan, Jean-Baptiste (2007), p. 3

Sources

Orpustan, Jean-Baptiste (n.d.). La Basse-Navarre dans la guerre de Navarre (1512-1530), récit historique, d’après Navarra, 1512-1530… de Pedro Esarte Muniain (Pamiela, Pamplona-Iruña 2001). [Lower Navarre in the War of Navarre (1512-1530), historical narrative, according to the book 'Navarra, 1512-1530: ...' by Pedro Esarte Muniain (Pamiela, Pamplona-Iruña 2001).] (pdf) (in French). Osses: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan. pp. 1–25. Retrieved 22 April 2016 – via Tipirena.net.

Francis Phoebus of Navarre House of Foix Born: 1469 Died: 1483
Preceded by Gaston IV	Count of Foix 1472–1483	Succeeded by Catherine
Preceded by Eleanor	King of Navarre 1479–1483

Monarchs of Navarre

House of Íñiguez	Íñigo Arista García Íñiguez Fortún Garcés

House of Jiménez	Sancho I Jimeno II Garcés García Sánchez I Sancho II García Sánchez II Sancho III García Sánchez III Sancho IV Sancho V^A Peter I^A Alfonso I^A García Ramírez Sancho VI Sancho VII

House of Champagne	Theobald I Theobald II Henry I Joan I

House of Capet	Philip I^F Louis I^F John I^F Philip II^F Charles I^F Joan II

House of Évreux	Philip III Charles II Charles III Blanche I

House of Trastámara	John II^A Charles IV Blanche II Eleanor

House of Foix	Francis Phoebus Catherine

House of Albret	John III Henry II Joan III

House of Bourbon	Antoine Henry III^F Louis II^F

^AAlso King of Aragon. ^FAlso King of France.

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