Pere Arnaut de Garro (?–1422) was a Basque nobleman, he held political posts in the Kingdom of Navarre, being
ambassador
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of
Charles II in
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...
,
Avignon
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and
England.
Biography
He probably born in {{ill, Château de Garro, fr located in the
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Aquitaine). In 1386, Garro had earned income of Cinco Villas (Navarra). Being ambassador Pere Arnaut de Garro travel to
London to finalize the details of the wedding the daughter of Charles II, with a prince of the Court of England. In gratification by the merits of his ancestors during the
Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French Crown, ...
,
Edward III of England awarded him an annual income of 200 pounds of gold.
Garro was the
Governor and
Alcalde
Alcalde (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian '' cabildo'' (the municipal council) a ...
of the town and castle of
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (literally "Saint John t theFoot of hePass"; eu, Donibane Garazi; es, San Juan Pie de Puerto) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It is close to Ostabat in the Pyrenean foothi ...
, the capital of the sixth Merindad
Lower Navarre.
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References
External links
Sepulcro Garro - euskomedia.org
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People from Labourd
1422 deaths
Burials at Pamplona Cathedral
14th-century nobility from the Kingdom of Navarre
15th-century nobility from the Kingdom of Navarre