Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche explained

Beatrice of Navarre
Countess of La Marche
Birth Date:Oct 23, 1386
Birth Place:Castile
Death Date:Dec 14, 1407
Death Place:Olite
House:Évreux
Spouse:James II, Count of La Marche
Issue:Isabelle of Bourbon-La Marche
Marie of Bourbon-La Marche
Eleanor, Countess of Pardiac
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. 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, son of John I, Count of La Marche, and Catherine of Vendôme. The couple had:

Beatrice died, in childbirth, on Dec 14, 1407 in Olite.

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