English Navarre
Ancient kingdom, northern Spain, bordered by France, Aragon , Castile , and the Basque Country .
It encompassed the modern autonomous community of Navarra and part of the modern French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques. It was conquered by the Romans, then the Visigoths, and Charlemagne . It became an independent kingdom in the 10th century. A succession of French dynasties ruled Navarra after 1234. Incorporated into Castile in 1515, it was united to the French crown when Henry of Navarre became King Henry IV of France in 1589.