Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche

Beatrice of Navarre
Countess of La Marche
Born	Oct 23, 1386 Castile
Died	Dec 14, 1407 Olite
Spouse	James II, Count of La Marche
Issue	Isabelle of Bourbon-La Marche Marie of Bourbon-La Marche Eleanor, Countess of Pardiac
House	Évreux
Father	Charles III of Navarre
Mother	Eleanor of Castile

Beatrice of Navarre (1386–1407) was the first wife of Jacques de Bourbon but died young, leaving one daughter.

Biography

Beatrice was a daughter of Charles III of Navarre and his wife, Eleanor of Castile.^[1] She was a member of the House of Évreux. Her surviving siblings were Blanche I of Navarre, wife of John II of Aragon, and Isabella of Navarre, wife of John IV of Armagnac.

In 1406 in Pamplona, Beatrice married James II, Count of La Marche,^[2] son of John I, Count of La Marche,^[3] and Catherine of Vendôme. The couple had:

• Eleanor of Bourbon-La Marche (Burlada, Sep 7, 1407 – aft. 21 August 1464), married Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac (d. 1462)

Beatrice died, in childbirth, on Dec 14, 1407 in Olite.^[4]

References

1. Levasseur 2006, p. 162.
2. Woodacre 2013, p. 86.
3. Potter 1995, p. 376.
4. Castro 1960, p. 345-360.

Sources

• Castro, José Ramón (1960). "El conde de la Marca y la guerra de Granada". Estudios Eclesiásticos. Revista de investigación e información teológica y canónica (in Spanish). 35 (Extra): 345–360. ISSN 2605-5147.
• Levasseur, Michel (2006). Histoire des d'Albret et des rois de Navarre (in French). Atlantica.
• Potter, David (1995). Keen, Maurice (ed.). A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312124809.
• Woodacre, Elena (2013). The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1137339140.