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Eleanor of Navarre
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Eleanor of Aragon (Spanish: Leonor) (1425-Tudela, 1479), Regent (1455-1479) and the queen regnant (1479) of Navarre.
She was the third and youngest daughter of John II of Aragón and queen Blanche I of Navarre.
She was born February 2, 1425, and was acclaimed by the cortes in Pamplona, August 9, 1427, being the legitimate heir of Charles, Prince of Viana, and Blanche.
She married Gaston IV, count of Foix, and had the following issue with him:
- Gaston (1444-1470), he married Princess Magdalena of Valois of France in 1462 and their children Francis and Catherine both succeeded to Navarre in turn upon the death of their grandmother Eleanor, married Marie d'Orléans
- John (1450-1500), viscount of Narbonne, whose daughter Germaine of Foix was second wife to Ferdinand II of Aragon,
- Peter (1449-1490), cardinal and bishop of Arles
- James (1455-1500), count of Cortes, married Catherine of Beaumont
- Mary (1452-1497), married William VIII, marquess of Montferrat
- Joan (1454-1476), married John V, count of Armagnac
- Margaret of Foix (1458-1486), married Francis II, duke of Brittany
- Catherine (b.1455), married Gaston II de Foix, Count of Candale and Benauges
- Isabella b.1462, married Guy of Pons
- Leonor
- Ana
| Eleanor of Navarre | Father: John II of Aragon |
Paternal Grandfather: Ferdinand I of Aragon |
Paternal Great-grandfather: John I of Castile |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Eleanor of Aragon |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Eleanor of Alburquerque |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Sancho of Alburquerque |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Infanta Beatriz, Countess of Alburquerque |
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| Mother: Blanche I of Navarre |
Maternal Grandfather: Charles III of Navarre |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Charles II of Navarre |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Henry II of Castile |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Juana Manuel of Castile |
| Preceded by John II |
Queen of Navarre 1479 |
Succeeded by Francis |
