Charles III
king of Navarre
Charles III (born 1361βdied Sept. 8, 1425, Olite, Navarre) was the king of Navarre (1387β1425), eldest son of Charles II the Bad. Unlike his father, he pursued a consistent policy of peace both with Castile (which in gratitude restored certain districts to Navarre) and with France. By the treaty of Paris (1404) Charles not only renounced the Navarrese claims to Champagne but also ceded Cherbourg (which he had recovered from the English in 1393) and...