Madeleine of France.

(Tours, December 1, 1443 - Pamplona, ​​January 21, 1495) Princess of Viana and Queen Regent of Navarre.

She was the daughter of King Charles VII of France and Mary of Anjou. In autumn of 1457 the Hungarian archbishop of Kalocsa, reached the French court with a retinue of 700 knights intended to ask for the hand of Princess Madeleine to the young King Ladislaus V of Hungary. The arrival of the Hungarians was well received and on 18 December of that year, Gaston of Foix, organized a big party in their honor. Trumpeters and Hungarian dancers amazed the French, and when everything seemed to have been successful, 11 days later came the news of the death of the young Hungarian monarch, after which the engagement immediately disbanded.

Soon after, in 1462, Magdalena was given in marriage to the Prince of Viana (crown prince of the kingdom of Navarre), Gaston of Foix, whose marriage were born two children: 

- Francis. King of Navarre. 

- Catherine. Queen of Navarre.

She was widowed in 1470 when her husband died from injuries he suffered in a tournament and was badly treated. Nine years later, Queen Eleanor I died I of Navarre, falling the crown on his son Francis (who was still an infant), Madeleine leaving the kingdom as regent until her son came of age. They were moments of great pressure from the Kingdoms of Castile and France, interested in marrying the young king with some of their candidates. On 30 January 1483, the young Francis was killed and his younger sister inherited the kingdom.

Little Catherine was also a minor when she inherited the kingdom, so Madeleine had to continue as Queen Regent. Madeleine married her daughter with John of Albret, to end the pressure from the kingdoms of Castile and France. However, this earned her the enmity of the Kingdom of Castile, who was nominated for the son of the Catholic Monarchs, Prince John of Aragon and Castile.