Francis Phoebus ( eu, Frantzisko Febus, french: François Fébus, oc, Francés Fèbus, es, Francisco Febo; 4 December 1467 – 7 January 1483) was
King of Navarre (1479–1483),
Viscount of Bearn, and
Count of Foix (1472). He was the son of
Gaston, Prince of Viana, and grandson of
Queen Eleanor, whom he succeeded. She recommended him to ally with France.
[Orpustan, Jean-Baptiste (2007), p. 3]
His succession was approved by the
Agramont party, while the Beaumont party fell behind
Ferdinand the Catholic who started to build up political and military pressure on the
Kingdom of Navarre
The Kingdom of Navarre (; , , , ), originally the Kingdom of Pamplona (), was a Basque kingdom that occupied lands on both sides of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean between present-day Spain and France.
The medieval state took ...
in the run-up to the
fully-fledged invasion of 1512.
During his brief reign, he was under the protection of his mother, the regent
Magdalena of Valois. He died young while playing the
pipe, arguably poisoned. He was buried in
Lescar.
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1467 births
1483 deaths
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Burials at Lescar Cathedral
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