Louis of Évreux (also called "of Navarre"; 1341 – 1376) was the youngest son of Philip III of Navarre and

Joan II of Navarre Joan II (, , ; 28 January 1312 – 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 ...

. He inherited the county of Beaumont-le-Roger from his father (1343) and became Duke of Durazzo in right of his second wife,

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, in 1366. Louis's first marriage was to Maria de Lizarazu in 1358. He took part on behalf of his brother

Charles II of Navarre Charles II (, , , 10 October 1332 – 1 January 1387), known as the Bad, was King of Navarre beginning in 1349, as well as Count of Évreux beginning in 1343, holding both titles until his death in 1387. Besides the Kingdom of Navarre nestled in ...

in the war against the Dauphin Charles. His second marriage to

Joanna, Duchess of Durazzo Joanna of Durazzo (1344 – 20 July 1387) was the eldest daughter and eldest surviving child of Charles, Duke of Durazzo, and his wife, Maria of Calabria. She succeeded as duchess on the death of her father in 1348 when she was only a child of f ...

, brought him the rights to Durazzo and the Kingdom of Albania, which he strove to recover. He received assistance from both his

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and the

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in this undertaking for Durazzo (the remnant of the kingdom) was in the hands of Charles Thopia. In 1372, he brought over the Navarrese Company of mercenaries, who had fought with him during the war in France, to assist him in taking Durazzo. Their ranks swelled considerably in 1375 with new recruits directly from Navarre. Many documents survive providing information on the complex nature of the military planning and engineering which was undertaken to ensure success. This they attained, taking the city in midsummer 1376 during the Durrës Expedition. Louis died shortly after in the same year. He had an illegitimate son, Carlos de Beaumont, who would be the founder of the House of Beaumont, which would have a main role in the Navarrese Civil War next century. Carlos de Beaumont had a daughter named Juana Margaret de Beaumont who was the grandmother of Jaime Vélaz de Medrano y Echauz, famous for his defense of the Navarrese kingdom against the

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at the battle of Amaiur-Maya in 1522.

Family

Louis had no legitimate children with his Angevin wife Joanna, Duchess of Durazzo, although he had many illegitimate children with his mistress Maria de Lizarazu who was a Navarrese noblewoman. Louis's three illegitimate children were Carlos, Tristan, and Juana. # Juana de Beaumont (1359; † 1411), was the first born of Louis. She married Pedro de Lasaga in 1373. # Carlos de Beaumont (1361; † 1432), was second born of Louis. He became lieutenant of the

Kingdom of Navarre The Kingdom of Navarre ( ), originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, occupied lands on both sides of the western Pyrenees, with its northernmost areas originally reaching the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay), between present-day Spain and France. The me ...

by his uncle

in 1379, castellan of San Juan de Pie de Puerto and Lord of Asiáin in 1381. He was first married to Maria Jimenez de Urrea in 1396 and had two children. His second marriage to Anne of Curton in 1407 and had six children. He also had five illegitimate children as well. # Tristan de Beaumont (1363; † 1396), was the youngest of Louis's children. He was the

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of the

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