Agnes of Cleves
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Agnes of Cleves was a daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
and his second wife Mary of Burgundy
.
Agnes married in 1439 to Charles, Prince of Viana, who was titular King of Navarre. However the couple had no children and Agnes died on April 6 1448, aged only twenty three or twenty four. After Agnes' death, her husband wished to remarry, his choice was Infanta Catherine of Portugal. The marriage never took place since Charles died.
Her husband would have been the secure King and Queen of Navarre
, but the ill-feeling between Charles and his father, John II of Aragon
increased when in 1447 John took for his second wife Juana Enriquez
, a Castilian
noblewoman (of a bastard cadet line from Castilian kings), who soon bore him a son, afterwards Ferdinand II of Aragon, and who regarded her stepson as an interloper. When Juana began to interfere in the internal affairs of Navarre, a civil war broke out, and in 1452 Charles, although aided by John II of Castile
, was defeated and taken prisoner. Charles died sometime after Agnes with no legitimate issue to succeed him.
After the deaths of Charles and Agnes, Charles' sisters Blanche
and Eleanor
both became Queen of Navarre in their own right.
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
Adolph I of Cleves was 2nd. Count of Cleves and 4th. Count of Mark.- Life :He was the son of Adolph III, Count of Mark, and Margaret of Julich ....
and his second wife Mary of Burgundy
Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves
Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves was the second child of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria, and an elder sister of Philip the Good. Born in Dijon, she became the second wife of Adolph, Count of Mark in May 1415. He was made the 1st Duke of Cleves in 1417...
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Agnes married in 1439 to Charles, Prince of Viana, who was titular King of Navarre. However the couple had no children and Agnes died on April 6 1448, aged only twenty three or twenty four. After Agnes' death, her husband wished to remarry, his choice was Infanta Catherine of Portugal. The marriage never took place since Charles died.
Her husband would have been the secure King and Queen of Navarre
Navarre
Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...
, but the ill-feeling between Charles and his father, John II of Aragon
John II of Aragon
John II the Faithless, also known as the Great was the King of Aragon from 1458 until 1479, and jure uxoris King of Navarre from 1425 until his death. He was the son of Ferdinand I and his wife Eleanor of Alburquerque...
increased when in 1447 John took for his second wife Juana Enriquez
Juana Enríquez
Juana Enriquez de Córdoba, 5th Lady of Casarrubios del Monte , was a Castilian noblewoman who became Queen of the Kingdoms of the Crown of Aragon.-Biography:...
, a Castilian
Crown of Castile
The Crown of Castile was a medieval and modern state in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then King Ferdinand III of Castile to the vacant Leonese throne...
noblewoman (of a bastard cadet line from Castilian kings), who soon bore him a son, afterwards Ferdinand II of Aragon, and who regarded her stepson as an interloper. When Juana began to interfere in the internal affairs of Navarre, a civil war broke out, and in 1452 Charles, although aided by John II of Castile
John II of Castile
John II was King of Castile from 1406 to 1454.He was the son of Henry III of Castile and his wife Catherine of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster by Constance of Castile, daughter of King Peter of Castile.-Regency:He succeeded his father on 25 December 1406, at the age of...
, was defeated and taken prisoner. Charles died sometime after Agnes with no legitimate issue to succeed him.
After the deaths of Charles and Agnes, Charles' sisters Blanche
Blanche II of Navarre
Blanche II of Navarre , titular queen of Navarre, was the daughter of John II of Aragon and Blanche I of Navarre. She was also Princess of Asturias by marriage....
and Eleanor
Eleanor of Navarre
Eleanor of Aragon , Regent and the queen regnant of Navarre in 1479...
both became Queen of Navarre in their own right.