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Joan III of Navarre, Jeanne d'Albret

Jeanne III of Navarre

On 1541, Jeanne of Navarre would be forced in the altar with William, duke of Cleves to be married, however on 1545, the Duke of Cleves would divorce Princess Jeanne of Navarre who is against the marriage due to William, duke of Cleves and Charles V nullifying William’s alliance with France and returned to her father and the marriage was finally annulled in 1550 and the two would be free to marry, each to their own, the Duke of Cleves would remarry to Anna of Austria while Jeanne of Navarre would marry the young Louis de Bourbon, a son of Margaret of Palatinate and the Exiled Charles, Constable of Bourbon, the two would have two children named Henry b. December 13, 1553 and Catherine b. February 7, 1559, the marriage between Jeanne III of Navarre and Louis de Bourbon is said to be the plan of Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor.

Jeanne of Navarre would inherit vast lands from her father, Henry II of Navarre in 1555 she would be the Queen of Navarre, Duchess of Albret, Countess of Limoges, Countess of Foix, Countess of Armagnac , Countess of Bigorre, Countess of Périgord , Co-Prince of Andorra.