Joan II of Navarre
1311, died 1349, was the only daughter of king Louis X of France and Navarre, born of his first marriage with Margaret of Burgundy.
In the death of father (1316) and half-brother (1316), kings of France and Navarre, she was kept out of their succession, mostly because of doubts of bastardy.
Her uncles, Philip V of France/Philip II of Navarre, and Charles IV of France/Charles I of Navarre, took precedence to the underage girl also on the Navarrese throne, which however was inheritable also by females.
Regarding the French crown, the Salic Law was pleaded firstly by Philip V and then in 1328 by Philip VI, prohibiting its inheritance by females.
However, in 1328, she became Queen of Navarre after a treaty with the new king Philip VI of France (who was not a descendant of Navarrese kings and did not attempt seriously to keep that in his possession). She reigned as queen 1328-1349, until 1343 together with her husband, the king-consort Pontoise, Beaumont-sur-Oise, Asnière-sur-Oise.
Her spouse, count Philip of Evreux, was the heir to count Louis of Evreux, youngest son of Philip III of France, and thus also of Capetian male blood. From him, the future Navarrese kings inherited fiefs in Normandy. Together with Joan's Normandian gains and rights in Champagne, they were an extensive possession in Northern France.
She was succeeded by her son king Charles the Bad of Navarre. Her daughter Blanche became the second wife of Philip VI of France.
