Joan II of Navarre

Joan II
Bust in the Louvre, originally from the Jacobin convent which housed Joan's heart
Queen of Navarre
Reign	1 April 1328 – 6 October 1349
Coronation	5 March 1329 (Pamplona)
Predecessor	Charles I
Successor	Charles II
Co-monarch	Philip III (1328–1343)
Born	28 January 1312
Died	6 October 1349(1349-10-06) (aged 37) Navarre
Spouse	Philip of Évreux ​ ​ (m. 1318; died 1343)​
Issue more...	Joan of Navarre Maria, Queen of Aragon Blanche, Queen of France Charles II, King of Navarre Philip, Count of Longueville Agnes, Countess of Foix Louis, Duke of Durazzo
House	Capet
Father	Louis X of France
Mother	Margaret of Burgundy

Joan II (French: Jeanne, Spanish: Juana II, Basque: Joana II; 28 January 1312^[a] – 6 October 1349) was Queen of Navarre from 1328 until her death in 1349.

Joan was the only surviving child of Louis I of Navarre and Margaret of Burgundy. Her father ascended the French throne as Louis X in 1314. Joan's paternity was dubious because her mother was involved in a scandal, but Louis declared her his legitimate daughter before he died in 1316. However, the French lords were opposed to the idea of a female monarch and elected Louis's brother king as Philip V. The Navarrese noblemen also paid homage to Philip. Joan's maternal grandmother, Agnes of France, and uncle, Odo IV of Burgundy, made attempts to secure the counties of Champagne and Brie (which had been the patrimony of Joan's paternal grandmother, Joan I of Navarre) to Joan, but the French royal troops defeated her supporters. After Philip V married his daughter to Odo and granted him two counties as her dowry, Odo renounced Joan's claim to Champagne and Brie in exchange for a compensation in March 1318. At this time, Joan married her cousin Philip of Évreux (later Philip III of Navarre).

In 1322, Philip V was succeeded by his brother Charles IV in both France and Navarre, but most Navarrese lords refused to swear loyalty to him. After Charles IV died in 1328, the Navarrese expelled the French governor and declared Joan the rightful monarch of Navarre. In France, Philip of Valois was crowned king as Philip VI. He concluded an agreement with Joan and her husband, who renounced Joan's claims to Champagne and Brie in exchange for three counties, while Philip acknowledged their right to Navarre. Joan II and Philip III were crowned in Pamplona Cathedral in March 1329. The royal couple closely cooperated during their joint reign, but Philip III was more active. However, they mostly lived in their French domains, with Navarre being administered by governors during their absences. Philip died in 1343. Joan succumbed to the Black Death in 1349, and was succeeded by her son Charles II.

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