Joan II of Navarre

Joan II
Bust in the Louvre, originally from the Jacobin convent which housed Joan's heart
Queen of Navarre
Reign	1 February 1328 – 6 October 1349
Coronation	5 March 1329 (Pamplona)
Predecessor	Charles I
Successor	Charles II
Born	28 January 1312
Died	6 October 1349(1349-10-06) (aged 37) Navarre
Spouse	Philip III, King of Navarre
Issue	Maria, Queen of Aragon Blanche, Queen of France Charles II, King of Navarre Agnes, Countess of Foix Philip, Count of Longueville Louis, Duke of Durazzo
House	Capet
Father	Louis I, King of Navarre
Mother	Margaret of Burgundy

Joan II (French: Jeanne; 28 January 1312 – 6 October 1349) was Queen of Navarre from 1328 until her death. She was the only surviving child of Louis X of France, King of France and Navarre, and Margaret of Burgundy. Joan's paternity was dubious because her mother was involved in a scandal, but Louis X declared her his legitimate daughter before he died in 1316. However, the French lords were opposed to the idea of a female monarch and elected Louis X's brother, Philip V, king. The Navarrese noblemen also did homage to Philip. Joan's maternal grandmother, Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy, and uncle, Odo IV of Burgundy, made attempts to secure the counties of Champagne and Brie (which had been the patrimony of Louis X's mother, Joan I of Navarre) to Joan, but the French royal troops defeated her supporters. After Philip V married his daughter to Odo and granted him two counties as her dowry, Odo renounced Joan's claim to Champagne and Brie in exchange for a compensation in March 1318. Joan married Philip of Évreux, who was also a member of the French royal family.

Philip V was succeeded by his brother, Charles IV, in both France and Navarre in 1322, but most Navarrese lords refused to swear loyalty to him. After Charles IV died in 1328, the Navarrese expelled the French governor and declared Joan the rightful monarch of Navarre. In France, Philip of Valois was crowned king. He concluded an agreement with Joan and her husband, who renounced Joan's claims to Champagne and Brie in exchange for three counties, while Philip acknowledged their right to Navarre. Joan and her husband were together crowned in Pamplona Cathedral on 5 March 1329.