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King of Navarre | |
| Predecessor | Catherine I de jure
John III de jure uxoris |
| Successor | Charles V |
| Born | 18 April 1503 Sangüesa, Kingdom of Navarre |
| Died | 29 January 1562 Hagetmau, Kingdom of Navarre |
| Queen | Catherine of Portugal |
Henry II of Navarre was born in 1503 in Spain. In 1512, he together with his parents John III and Catherine I of Navarre, escaped to the northern part of their kingdom, when Fedrinand II of Aragon conquered the spanish part of the Kingdom of Navarre. After several re-conquest attempts made by John and Catherine, the two died in 1516 and 1517 respectively. Henry was only 14, but Francis I proved an ally and warned Queen Joanna I not to attack the rest of Navarre. Trying several reconquests himself, the resigned Treaty of London in 1523 stopped the attempts. Trying to find a bride, John III of Portugal offered him his niece Catherine and Henry accepted. Henry was fluent in french and spanish and had some reformational sympathies for the Lutheran church.
Family[]
He and Catherine of Portugal had five children:
- Prince Gaston of Navarre (1539 - 1539)
- King Charles V of Navarre (1540 - 1608)
- Princess Eleanora (1542 - 1542)
- Queen Isabella of Portugal (1543 - 1581), married Edward II of Portugal
- Prince John (1547 - 1548)