
Joan III of Navarre, Queen Consort of Philip II
The Unification of Navarre and Spain
Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu married Francis the Dauphin and bore sons and daughters for her husband and became the Queen of France herself as the wife of Francis II of France, she was as pious as her husband..in the same time, Maria Manuela of Portugal is married to the Duke of Orleans which produced a single surviving daughter.
Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu m. Francis II of France(a)
1a. Louis XIII of France b. 1539
2a. Claude of France b. 1542
3a. Francis, Duke of Anjou b. 1545
4a. Isabella of France b. 1550
Maria Manuela of Portugal m. Charles, Duke of Orleans
1a. Marie of Orleans b. 1544
Jeanne was born in the palace of the royal court at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France[3][4] at five o'clock in the afternoon on 16 November 1528, the daughter of Marguerite of Angoulême and King Henry II of Navarre. Her mother, the daughter of Louise of Savoy and Charles, Count of Angoulême, was the sister of King Francis I of France. The birth was officially announced the following 7 January when King Francis gave his permission for the addition of a new master in all cities where there were incorporated guilds "in honour of the birth of Jeanne de Navarre, the king's niece". Since the age of two, as was the will of her uncle King Francis who took over her education, Jeanne was raised in the Château de Plessis-lèz-Tours in the Loire Valley (Touraine), thus living apart from her parents. She received an excellent education under the tutelage of humanist Nicolas Bourbon.
Described as a "frivolous and high-spirited princess", she also, at an early age, displayed a tendency to be both stubborn and unyielding. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, offered to have her married to his son and heir, Philip, to settle the status of the Kingdom of Navarre.
Due to what has happened, to the marriage of the Portuguese princesses of the princes du sang, there was nothing they could do to prevent the marriage.
On 1541, Jeanne of Navarre was married to the future King of Spain, Philip, Prince of Asturias.
The marriage would cause future conflicts between France and Spain due to the territories in France that she is ruling in her rights but this will be the first step in the unification on Iberia, on 1555, on the death of her father, Spain and Navarre are united.
Philip II of Spain m. Jeanne III of Navarre
1a.Charles, Prince of Asturias(Carlos) b.1547
2a. Isabella Clara Eugenia(Isabel) b. 1550
3a. Philip I of Navarre and III of Spain(Felipe) b. 1553
4a. Infanta Catherine(Catalina) b. 1559
5a. Infante Henry of Spain(Enrique) b. 1560