Occupation King of Navarre Name Francis of | Siblings Catherine of Navarre | |
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Died January 30, 1483, Pamplona, Spain Parents Gaston, Prince of Viana, Magdalena of France Grandparents Gaston IV, Count of Foix, Eleanor of Navarre, Charles VII of France, Marie of Anjou Nieces Isabella of Navarre, Viscountess of Rohan Similar People Catherine of Navarre, Magdalena of France, Eleanor of Navarre, Henry II of Navarre, Charles VII of France | ||
Francis Phoebus (Basque: Frantzisko Febus, French: François Fébus, Spanish: Francisco Febo; 4 December 1467 – 7 January 1483) was king of Navarre (1479–1483), Viscount of Bearn, and Count of Foix (1472). He was the son of Gaston, Prince of Viana, and grandson of Queen Eleanor, whom he succeeded. She recommended him to ally with France.
His succession was approved by the Agramont party, while the Beaumont party fell behind Ferdinand the Catholic who started to build up political and military pressure on the Kingdom of Navarre in the run-up to the fully-fledged invasion of 1512.
During his brief reign, he was under the protection of his mother, the regent Magdalena of Valois. He died young while playing the pipe, arguably poisoned. He was buried in Lescar.