Isabel d'Albret of Navarre (1512–aft. 1560) was a princess of Navarre. She was the daughter of

John III of Navarre John III (french: Jean d'Albret; 1469 – 14 June 1516) was ''jure uxoris'' King of Navarre from 1484 until his death, as husband and co-ruler with Queen Catherine. He was a son of Alain I, Lord of Albret and his wife Frances, Countess of Péri ...

(died 1516) and queen

Catherine I of Navarre Catherine ( eu, Katalina, oc, Catarina; 1468 – 12 February 1517), Queen of Navarre, reigned from 1483 until 1517. She was also Duchess of Gandia, Montblanc, and Peñafiel, Countess of Foix, Bigorre, and Ribagorza, and Viscountess of Béar ...

. The same year she was born, the greater part of Navarre was conquered by Aragon, and she was raised in France. In 1528, there were unsuccessful suggestions for a marriage between her and the Hungarian king

John Zápolya John Zápolya or Szapolyai ( hu, Szapolyai/ Zápolya János, hr, Ivan Zapolja, ro, Ioan Zápolya, sk, Ján Zápoľský; 1490/91 – 22 July 1540), was King of Hungary (as John I) from 1526 to 1540. His rule was disputed by Archduke Ferd ...

, an ally of the king of France. In 16 August 1532, Isabel married René I de Rohan, Viscount of Rohan (d. 1552). Isabel became the godmother of her grand nephew Henry IV of Navarre, whom she carried to his baptism in 1554. Isabel came to feel sympathy for Calvinism early on, but did not convert during the lifetime of her spouse, who remained a Catholic. In 1556, she met admiral de Coligny, and was present in Béarn in 1557 when queen Joan III of Navarre introduced the Reformation in Navarre. She converted to Protestantism in 1558, and her Castle of Blain became a center of Protestantism in the area. It was at her Castle of Blain that the first Breton church was organized. In Blain, she received the Protestant reformer d'Andelot, who had a mission in Nantes and held the first Protestant sermon there with the reformers Fleurer and Loiseleur de Villiers. In 1560, she was granted personal religious freedom for herself and her household on her own domains by the king of France.

Issue

Isabel and Rene had: *

Françoise de Rohan Françoise de Rohan (1535 – 1 December 1591) was a French duchess and courtier. She served as lady-in-waiting to queen Catherine de' Medici. Life Françoise was the daughter of René I de Rohan and Isabel d'Albret of Navarre. She was the grandd ...

* Louis de Rohan, seigneur de Gié *

Henri I, Viscount of Rohan Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montm ...

, 19th Viscount of Rohan, married Françoise of Tournemine * Jean de Rohan, married Diane of Barbançon * René II, de Rohan, 20th Viscount of Rohan, married Catherine of Parthenay

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* * 1512 births 1560 deaths House of Rohan House of Albret Navarrese infantas Daughters of kings {{France-noble-stub