Joan I of Navarre

Joan I (1273–1305) inherited Navarre and Champagne as an infant in 1274, married the future Philip IV in 1284 and became queen of France in 1285. Born at Bar-sur-Seine to Henry I of Navarre and Blanche of Artois, she never visited Navarre, which French governors ruled in her name.

She governed Champagne directly: in 1297 she raised an army against an invasion by Henry III of Bar and took the count prisoner. Her three sons all became kings of France and her daughter Isabella married Edward II. She founded the College of Navarre in Paris in 1305, the year she died.