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King of Navarre, Charles III

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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Charles III King of Navarre 1361 1425.09.08 M P1219

Instrument(s) Professional group Social status Social sphere Why is the person listed?
Royalty Court - royal Patron

Years active Place active Century Region
1407 Navarra 15cent/1/early Navarra
Biographical information

In 1407, King Charles of Navarre granted four florins to two musicians: Jehan Alamen and Convat (or Conyat), "menestrers de laut et de vielle de arc". From Donostia1951, p. 11, quoted by Angles1970, p. 310; and corona1999, p. 21

Called the Noble, was King of Navarre from 1387 to his death and Count of Évreux from 1387 to 1404, when he exchanged it for the title Duke of Nemours. He spent his reign improving the infrastructure of his kingdom, restoring Navarre's pride after the dismal reign of his father, Charles the Bad, and mending strained relations with France. Charles III was born at Mantes-la-Jolie.

He married Eleanor, daughter of Henry II of Castile, in 1375, putting an end to the conflict between Castile and Navarre. As king, his politics were peace with France, Castile, Aragon, and England, support for the Avignon Papacy, and matrimonial alliance. He collaborated with Castile in a war on the Kingdom of Granada. By the Treaty of Paris, he abandoned his claims to Champagne and Brie and made peace with France. In 1413, he created the Cort, a sort of supreme court. He created the title Prince of Viana for the heir to the throne, entitling his grandson Charles in 1423.

He was a patron of the arts and he finished construction on the great Gothic Cathedral of Pamplona. When it comes to Navarre's home policy, he decreed the watershed unification of Pamplona's boroughs in 1423, after over three centuries of division and rivalry. He also built the royal palace at Tafalla and the Royal Palace of Olite, where he died in 1425. His sister Joanna married Henry IV of England.
(From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III_of_Navarre acc. 05/06/2017)

Related persons
Jehan Alamen was his patron
Convat (or Conyat) was his patron


Source documents
Date Document
1407 Document title: King Charles of Navarra pays two musicians


Bibliography
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angles1970 Anglés, Higinio. Historia de la música medieval en Navarra. Pamplona: Diputación Foral de Navarra. Institución Principe de Viana, 1970. 310
corona1999 Corona-Alcalde, Antonio. “The Players and Performance Practice of the Vihuela and its related Instruments, the Lute and the Guitar, from c. 1450 to c.1650. as revealed by a Study of Literary, Musical, Theoretical, and Archival Sources”. Diss. King's College, University of London, 1999. 21
donostiaPV Donostia, José Antonio de. Música y músicos en el país vasco. San Sebastian: Monografías Vascongadas 5, 1951. 11
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