Kingdom of Navarre (France)

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Navarre passed into French control in 1277 when the the French Dauphin was engaged to the Queen of Navarre.

Establishment

January 1277: King Philip IV of France become engaged to the young sovereign of Navarre and married her in 1284. From 1276, the time of the negotiations for this marriage, Navarre effectively passed into French control.

Chronology

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1. Anglo-French War of 1294-1303

Was a war between the Kingdoms of England and France.

1.1.Guascon campaign (1294-1303)

Was the theatre of War of Guascony during the Anglo-French War of 1294-1303.

1.1.1.First English Attack (Anglo-French War of 1294-1303)

Was an English expedition in Aquitaine during the Anglo-French War of 1294-1303.

May 1294: Edward I, also known as Edward Longshanks, was the King of England from 1272 to 1307. In 1294, he was forfeited of Aquitaine, Gascony, and other French possessions by the King of France, Philip IV, due to ongoing conflicts between the two kingdoms.

2. Hundred Years´ War

Were a series of conflicts between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France that spanned more than a century (with interruptions) from 1337 to 1453. The immediate causes of the conflicts were the English possessions in France which were at the same time vassals of the French Kingdom, as well as disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagenet and the French royal House of Valois. At the end of the war Englans lost all its possessions in France with the exception of the city of Calais.

2.1.Castilian Civil War

Was a war of succession over the Crown of Castile that lasted from 1351 to 1369. The conflict became part of the larger conflict then raging between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France: the Hundred Years' War.

March 1327: Aragon annexed several areas of Navarre during the Castilian Civil War.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

February 1328: The Kingdom of Navarre remained in personal union with the Kingdom of France until the death of King Charles I (Charles IV of France) in 1328.

August 1589: The last independent king of Navarre, Henry III, succeeded to the throne of France as Henry IV in 1589, founding the Bourbon dynasty.

November 1620: Edict of Union of France and Navarre.