The Kingdom of Navarre was a medieval Basque kingdom on both sides of the western Pyrenees, with its capital at Pamplona. Its origins are traced to the ninth century, and it reached its height under Sancho III the Great in the early eleventh century, when his lands covered much of the Christian north of Spain. After a period when Navarre was ruled by French dynasties, it became a smaller but still independent kingdom, whose kings began to use the title King of Navarre. In 1512 Ferdinand of Aragon conquered the southern part of the kingdom, which was later joined to Castile, while the northern part, Lower Navarre, remained independent under the kings who later became kings of France, such as Henry IV.
Before and after
- c. 1158Origins of Munich
- from 1159 to 1259Capetian-Plantagenet rivalry
- 1160Construction of Chillon Castle
- from 26 November 1161 to 27 November 1161Battle of Caishi
- from 1162 to 1841Kingdom of Navarre
- 31 May 1162Birth of Genghis Khan
- from 6 August 1162 to 1 January 1715Crown of Aragon
- from 1163 to 1169Crusader invasions of Egypt
- 1163Battle of al-Buqaia
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