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Kingdom of Navarre

Basque medieval kingdom that occupied lands on either side of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean (1162–1512)

69 dated entries naming Kingdom of Navarre, drawn from 64 separate years between 790 CE and 1596 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Kingdom of Navarra, Kingdom of Pamplona in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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8th century

  • 790Íñigo Arista, king of Pamplona (approximate date)source

9th century

  • 805García Íñiguez I, king of Pamplona (approximate date)source
  • 824Iñigo Arista revolts against the Frankish Empire, and establishes the Kingdom of Pamplona, with the support of the Caliphate of Córdoba.source
  • 851Íñigo Arista, king of Pamplona (or 852)source
  • 851King Íñigo Arista of Pamplona dies after a 27-year reign. He is succeeded by his son García Íñiguez, as king of Pamplona (later Navarra).source
  • 852Íñigo Arista, king of Pamplona (or 851)source
  • 859Viking raiders invade the Kingdom of Pamplona (Western Pyrenees), and capture King García Íñiguez I, somewhere in the Andalusian heartland. They extort a ransom, rising to around 70,000 gold dinars.source
  • 860Muhammad I, Umayyad emir of Córdoba, invades Pamplona (Pyrenees), and captures Crown Prince Fortún Garcés in Milagro, along with his daughter Onneca Fortúnez, and takes them as hostages to Córdoba.source
  • 860Sancho Garcés I, king of Pamplona (approximate date)source
  • 876Toda, queen of Pamplona (died 958)source
  • 882García Íñiguez I, king of Pamplona (approximate date)source

10th century

  • 917Battle of San Esteban de Gormaz: Umayyad forces under Abi-Abda besiege the repoblación of San Esteban de Gormaz (Northern Spain). King Ordoño II of León (supported by his brother Fruela II of Asturias) allies himself with Sancho I, king of Pamplona, and defeats the Moors. Abi-Abda is captured and executed by decapitation.source
  • 919García I, king of Pamplona (died 970)source
  • 922Fortún Garcés ("the Monk"), king of Pamplonasource
  • 924January 5 – The monastery of San Martín de Albelda is founded in the Kingdom of Navarre in what is now the city of Albelda de Iregua in Spain, by orders of King Sancho Garcés I and Toda Aznárez, monarchs of Navarre, to celebrate the previous year's recapture of the cities of Nájera and Viguera.source
  • 925Summer – King Fruela II dies after a reign of only 14 months. He is succeeded by his son Alfonso Fróilaz who ascends the throne. With the support of King Jimeno II of Pamplona (later Navarra), Sancho Ordóñez, Alfonso, and Ramiro (the sons of the late King Ordoño II) revolt and drive their cousin Alfonso to the eastern marches of Asturias, then divide the kingdom amongst themselves. Alfonso IV ("the Monk") receives the crown of León, and Sancho I is acclaimed king of Galicia.source
  • 925December 10 – Sancho I, king of Pamplonasource
  • 931May 29 – Jimeno Garcés, king of Pamplonasource
  • 934Summer – Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III invades Navarra and forces Queen Toda to submit to him. Her son the 15-year-old King García Sánchez I becomes a vassal of the Caliphate of Córdoba.source
  • 938Sancho II, king of Navarre (approximate date)source
  • 958October 15 – Toda, queen of Pamplona (born 876)source
  • 970February 22 – García I, king of Pamplonasource
  • 974An offensive, by the Spain-based Caliphate of Córdoba brings the Maghrebi Idrisid Dynasty to an end. Caliph Al-Hakam II maintains the supremacy of the caliphate over the kingdoms of Navarra, Castile and León.source
  • 994Sancho III (the Great), king of Pamplona (approximate date)source
  • 994Sancho Garcés II, king of Navarre (Spain)source
  • 1000García Sáchez II, king of Pamplona (approximate date)source

11th century

  • 1003Battle of Albesa: Muslim forces of the Caliphate of Cordoba defeat the northern Christian armies of León, Pamplona and Castile.source
  • 1004Sancho III becomes king of Pamplona, Aragon and Castille (until 1035).source
  • 1012García Sánchez III, king of Pamplona (approximate date)source
  • 1034King Sancho III (the Great) of Pamplona captures León, after defeating a string of rivals. His rule now extends from the borders of Galicia in the west to the County of Barcelona in the east.source
  • 1035October 18 – Sancho III ("the Great"), king of Pamplonasource
  • 1039Sancho IV, king of Pamplona (approximate date)source
  • 1042Sancho V, king of Aragon and Pamplona (died 1094)source
  • 1054September 15 – García Sánchez III, king of Pamplona (born c.1012)source
  • 1073May 25 – King Sancho IV of Navarre and Ahmad al-Muqtadir, Muslim ruler of the Taifa of Zaragoza, conclude an alliance by treaty.source
  • 1076June 4 – Sancho IV, king of Pamplona (or Navarre)source
  • 1077King Alfonso VI ("the Brave") reaches an agreement with his cousin Sancho Ramírez, who is elected as king of Navarre. Alfonso annexes the territories of Álava, part of Gipuzkoa and La Bureba, he is crowned and adopts the title of Imperator totius Hispaniae ("Emperor of all Spain").source
  • 1083King Sancho Ramírez of Pamplona and Aragon, conquers Graus (located in the Pyrenees).source
  • 1094June 4 – Sancho V, king of Aragon and Pamplonasource
  • 1097June 6 – Agnes of Aquitaine, queen consort of Aragon and Navarresource

12th century

  • 1104Peter I, king of Aragon and Navarresource
  • 1104September 28 – Alfonso I becomes king of Aragon and Navarre (after the death of his half-brother Peter I).source
  • 1112García IV ("the Restorer"), king of Navarre (died 1150)source
  • 1120June 17 – Reconquista: Battle of Cutanda: The combined forces of Aragon and Navarre under King Alfonso the Battler crush the Almoravid army near Calamocha. Alfonso recaptures the fortified towns of Calatayud and Daroca.source
  • 1123May 3 – Felicia of Roucy, queen of Aragon and Navarresource
  • 1125King Alfonso the Battler of Aragon and Navarre leads a Castellan raid in Andalusia (Southern Spain).source
  • 1126Summer – King Alfonso the Battler of Aragon and Navarre launches a campaign raid into Granada in Andalusia (modern Spain) against the Almoravids. In the aftermath, the Almoravid deport Jews and Christians from Andalusia to Morocco.source
  • 1132April 21 – Sancho VI (the Wise), king of Navarre (died 1194)source
  • 1133Urraca of Castile, queen of Navarre (died 1179)source
  • 1134Battle of Fraga: Castillan forces are defeated by Muslim troops. King Alfonso I (the Battler) is killed and succeeded by his brother Ramiro II as ruler of Aragon. In Navarre the nobility elects Garcia VI as Alfonso's successor.source
  • 1150November 21 – García IV ("the Restorer"), king of Navarresource
  • 1194June 27 – Sancho VI ("the Wise"), king of Navarre (born 1132)source

13th century

  • 1234April 7 – Sancho VII ("the Strong"), king of Navarresource
  • 1244Henry I (the Fat), king of Navarre (House of Blois) (died 1274)source
  • 1248Approximate date – Blanche of Artois, queen and regent of Navarre (died 1302)source
  • 1256April 12 – Margaret of Bourbon, queen consort of Navarre (born 1217)source
  • 1271April 17 – Isabella of France, queen consort of Navarre (born 1241)source
  • 1273January 14 – Joan I of Navarre, queen of Navarre (died 1305)source
  • 1274July 22 – Henry I (or Henry III), king of Navarre (House of Blois)source

14th century

  • 1302May 2 – Blanche of Artois, queen consort and regent of Navarre (born 1248)source
  • 1315August 19 – King Louis X of France, nicknamed "Louis the Quarrelsome", marries the 22-year-old Clementia of Hungary, daughter of Charles Martel of Anjou (titular king of Hungary) following the death in prison of his uncrowned first wife, Margaret of Burgundy. Louis and Clementia are on August 24 crowned at Reims. Louis is the 12th Capetian ruler of France following the death nine months earlier of his father, Philip IV. After his coronation, Louis passes the throne of the Kingdom of Navarre to his younger brother, who becomes Philip II of Navarre, nicknamed "Philip the Tall".source
  • 1349The Black Death in England spreads to the north and a ship from England carries it to Askøy and Bjørgvin (modern-day Bergen) in Norway. The disease also breaks out in Mecca and is prevalent in the Île-de-France and the Kingdom of Navarre.source
  • 1387January 1 – Charles III ascends to the throne of Navarre, after the death of his father, Charles II.source

15th century

  • 1425September 8 – In Spain, King Carlos III of Navarre dies after a reign of 38 years. His daughter, Princess Bianca, becomes the Queen of Navarre and her husband, King John II of Aragon becomes her co-ruler.source
  • 1477September 14 – King Ferrante of Napoli marries Princess Juana, daughter of the Spanish King John II of Aragon and Navarre after being brought to Naples by King Ferrante's son Prince Alfonso, Duke of Calabria.source
  • 1488March 21 – The Treaty of Valencia is signed in Spain between the Kingdom of Navarre and the "Catholic Monarchy" of Aragon and Castile.source

16th century

  • 1512July 12 – The Treaty of Blois is signed in France between representatives of the Spanish Kingdom of Navarre and of the Kingdom of France guaranteeing French intervention to keep Navarre neutral and to prevent an attack by the "Holy League" alliance of Pope Julius II and Spain's King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Castile.source
  • 1521May 20 – At the Battle of Pampeluna in Spain, and alliance of forces from French and the Kingdom of Navarre forces defeat those of Spain.source
  • 1596December 31 – King Henry IV of France (who was originally King Henry III of the Kingdom of Navarre) declares Navarre to be permanently separate of France.source

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