Navarre, Kingdom of

The Kingdom of Navarre, originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, is a European kingdom that occupied lands on either side of the Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean between present-day Spain and France.The kingdom of Navarre is formed when local Basque leader Íñigo Arista is elected or declared King in Pamplona (traditionally in 824) and leads a revolt against the regional Frankish authority.

Pamplona iss the primary name of the kingdom until its union with Aragon (1076–1134).

However, the territorial designation Navarre comes into use as an alternative name in the late tenth century, and the name Pamplona is retained well into the twelfth century.The southern part of the kingdom is conquered by the Crown of Castile in 1512 (permanently in 1521), becoming part of the unified Kingdom of Spain.

The northern part of the kingdom remains independent, but it joins with France by personal union in 1589 when King Henry III of Navarre inherits the French throne as Henry IV of France, and in 1620 it is merged into the Kingdom of France.

No related events match the current filters.