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Birth:          Jan 1271 Bar-sur-Seine, France
Death:          2 Apr 1305 Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, France
Burial:         Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France

Notes
b Jan 1271/3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_I_of_Navarre
Joan I (14 January 1273 – 31 March/2 April 1305),[1] (Basque: Joana I.a Nafarroakoa) 
the daughter of King Henry I of Navarre and Blanche of Artois, reigned as queen 
regnant of Navarre and also served as queen consort to Philip IV of France.
Life[edit]

Joan was born in Bar-sur-Seine, Champagne on 14 January 1273 as a princess of the 
House of Blois.[2] The following year, upon the death of her father, she became 
Countess of Champagne and queen regnant of Navarre.[3] Her mother, Blanche, was 
her guardian and regent in Navarre. Various powers, both foreign and Navarrese, 
sought to take advantage of the minority of the heiress and the "weakness" of the 
female regent, which caused Joan and her mother to seek protection at the court of 
Philip III of France. Her mother arrived in France in 1274, and by the Treaty of Orlιans 
in 1275, Joan was betrothed to one of Philip's sons (Louis or Philip).[4] Blanche 
therefore placed her daughter and the government of Navarre under the protection of 
the King of France. After this, Joan was brought up with Philip. It is, in fact, uncertain 
whether she ever resided in Navarre during her childhood.[2]

Queen of France[edit]

At the age of 11, Joan married the future Philip IV of France on 16 August 1284, 
becoming queen consort of France in 1285 a year later. Their three surviving sons 
would all rule as kings of France, in turn, and their only surviving daughter, Isabella 
became queen consort of England.

Joan was described as having been plump and plain, whereas her beautiful daughter 
Isabella resembled her father more in physical appearance. As regards her character, 
Joan was bold, courageous, and enterprising.

Joan was described as a success in her role of Queen of France: she secured the 
succession, she was an efficient mistress of the royal court, a dignified first lady and 
had a very good relationship with the King. Having grown up together, the couple was 
evidently close to each other and Philip is reported to have loved and respected her 
deeply.[5] His emotional dependence on her is suggested as a reason to why she 
never visited Navarre. In 1294, Philip appointed her regent of France should his son 
succeed him being still a minor.[6] However, he is not believed to have entrusted her 
with influence over the affairs of France, unless they concerned her own domains 
Navarre and Champagne.[6]

Queen Joan founded the famous College of Navarre in Paris in 1305.[citation needed]

Queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne[edit]

Queen Joan I of Navarre and countess of Champagne and Brie was declared to be of 
legal majority upon her marriage in 1284, and did homage for Champagne and Brie to 
her father-in-law in Paris.[7]

Joan never visited the Kingdom of Navarre, which was ruled in her name by French 
governors appointed first by her father-in-law and then by her spouse in her name.[2] 
The French governors were extremely unpopular in Navarre and her absence from the 
country was resented:[8] however, it was the French who were blamed for her 
absence rather than her, and the loyalty to her right to rule was not questioned; 
rather, it was emphasized in Navarre that it was in fact she rather than the French 
who was their sovereign. From afar, edicts were issued in her name, coins struck in 
her image,[8] and she gave her protection to chapels and convents. She never came 
closer to Navarre than to Carcasonne in 1300, and her spouse was somewhat blamed 
for this.[5]

Joan was much more directly active as countess of Champagne. While being a county 
rather than a kingdom, Champagne was much richer and more strategically important. 
Philip IV appointed her administrators, however, Joan visited Champagne regularly and 
is recorded to have participated in all duties of a ruling vassal and is not regarded to 
have been passive but an active independent ruler in this domain. In 1297, she raised 
and led an army against the Count of Bar when he rebelled against her by invading 
Champagne.[9] This was explicitly in the absence of her spouse, and she personally 
brought the count to prison before she joined her spouse.[9] She also personally acted 
in her process against Bishop Guichard of Troyes, whom she accused of having stolen 
funds from Champagne and her mother by fraud.[9]

Joan died in 1305, allegedly in childbirth, though one chronicler accused her husband 
of having killed her. Her personal physician was the inventor Guido da Vigevano.

Issue[edit]

With Philip IV of France:
1.Margaret (1288 – c. 1294)
2.Louis X of France, King Louis I of Navarre from 1305, France from 1314 (October 
1289 – 5 June 1316)
3.Blanche (1290 – c. 1294)
4.Philip V of France and Navarre (as Philip II) (1292/93 – 3 January 1322)
5.Charles IV of France and Navarre (as Charles I) (c. 1294 – 1 February 1328)
6.Isabella (c. 1295 – 23 August 1358), married Edward II of England
7.Robert (1297 – July 1308)

Parents
OF NAVARRE Henry (Henri) (Enrique) (ABT 1244 - 22 Jul 1274)
D'ARTOIS Blanche (1248 - 2 May 1302)

Siblings
DE NAVARRE-CHAMPAGNE Joann (Jeanne) (Jan 1271 - 2 Apr 1305)

Marriage To CAPET Philippe IV "le Bel" (1268 - 29 Nov 1314)
    m. 16 Aug 1284 

Notes

Parents
____ Philippe III "le Hardi" ("the Bold") (1 May 1245 - 5 Oct 1285)
OF ARAGON Isabel (1248 - 28 Jan 1271)

Children by CAPET Philippe IV "le Bel" 1268 - 29 Nov 1314
OF FRANCE Isabella (1292 - 21 Nov 1358)

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