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The Monetary System of Bearn During the Time of Queen Catherine

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While searching for information in the Navarrese Archives about the coinage of the kings Catherine and John of Navarre, I came across a passage that gives us a lot of information about the monetary structure of the Lordship of Bearn at this time. This passage is included in Document 28 of Box 164 (AGN, Document 28 of Box 164) that I mentioned in the previous section, starting on the fifth page (3. Recto) and extending over the next six pages […]

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First Coinage Period of Kings Catherine and John of Navarre (1487-1495)

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If we look at the coinage of Kings Catherine and John, we must mention the last coinage of the united and sovereign Kingdom of Navarre. It is a diverse, rich and extensive coinage, which took place between 1487 and 1512. Although the reign of these kings was between 1483 and 1517, the Navarrese coins minted in the name of Francisco Febo until 1487

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Navarrese Coins and Accounts of King Francis Phoebus

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King Francis Phoebus is not a well-known king in modern Navarre, having died at the age of just fourteen, after inheriting the throne from his grandmother Eleanor of Trastamara. A member of the Foix family, sovereign lord of Bearn through his grandfather and father's succession, he held the crown for four years, between 1479 and January 1483, before abdicating to his sister Catherine. Some believe that he died of tuberculosis,

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