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{{Short description|Cadet branch of the House of Capet}}
{{Royal house|
|surname       = House of Évreux
|coat of arms  = [[Image:Arms of Louis dEvereux.svg|140 px]]<br>Arms of the Count of Evreux
|country       = {{flagicon image|Royal Standard of the King of France.svg|size=22px}} [[Kingdom of France|France]], [[Kingdom of Navarre|Navarre]]
|parent house  = [[Capetian dynasty]]
|titles        = 
*[[Count of Évreux]]
*[[King of Navarre]]
*[[Count of Étampes]]
|founder       = [[Louis, Count of Évreux]]
|final ruler   = [[Charles III of Navarre]]
|current head  =
|founding year = 1298
|dissolution   = 1425 <small>(agnatic line)</small><br>1441 <small>(sole heiress' death)</small>
|cadet branches=
}}
The '''House of Évreux''' was a [[cadet branch]] of the [[Capetian dynasty]], the royal house of France, which flourished from the beginning of the 14th century to the mid 15th century. It became the royal house of the [[Kingdom of Navarre]].

The House was founded by [[Louis, Count of Évreux]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willard |first=Samuel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i7aCAAAAIAAJ |title=A Synopsis of History: General History, from B.C. 800 to A.D. 1876, Outlined in Diagrams and Tables; with Index and Genealogies. For General Reference, and for Schools and Colleges |date=1878 |publisher=D. Appleton |pages=112 |language=en}}</ref> He was the third son of [[Philip III of France]], by his second wife [[Marie of Brabant, Queen of France|Marie of Brabant]]. His son and heir, [[Philip III of Navarre|Philip]], was the husband of [[Joan II of Navarre]] and the first [[King of Navarre]] from the Évreux dynasty.

Louis' younger son [[Charles d'Évreux|Charles]] had no grandchildren. The Évreux dynasty ended with the death of [[Blanche I of Navarre]], who died in 1441.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jackson |first=Guida M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2aMGEAAAQBAJ |title=Women Rulers Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide |date=1999-09-23 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-462-6 |pages=63 |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable members of the House of Évreux==
* [[Jeanne d'Évreux]], Queen of France as the third wife of [[Charles IV of France]], whose failure to produce a son ended the [[House of Capet]]
* [[Philip III of Navarre]]
* [[Blanche d'Évreux]], Queen of France as the second wife of [[Philip VI of France]]
* [[Charles II of Navarre]]
* [[Joan of Navarre, Queen of England|Joan of Navarre]], Queen of England as the second wife of [[Henry IV of England]]
* [[Charles III of Navarre]]
* [[Blanche I of Navarre]]

==Family tree==
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{{tree chart| Ph1 |Ph1=[[Philip III of France|Philip III]]<br>King of France<br>HOUSE OF CAPET}}
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{{tree chart| Ph4 | | Cha | | Lou |Ph4=[[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]]<br>King of France,<br>King of Navarre|Cha=[[Charles, Count of Valois|Charles]]<br>Count of Valois<br>HOUSE OF VALOIS|Lou=[[Louis, Count of Evreux|Louis]]<br>Count of Evreux<br>'''HOUSE OF ÉVREUX'''}}
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{{tree chart| LoX | | Crl | | Ph3 |LoX=[[Louis X of France|Louis X]]<br>King of France,<br>King of Navarre|Crl=[[Charles d'Évreux|Charles]]<br>Count of Étampes|Ph3=[[Philip III of Navarre|Philip III]]<br>Count of Évreux}}
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{{tree chart| Joa | | Lo1 | | Ch2 | | Phi | | Lou |Joa=[[Joan II of Navarre|Joan II]]<br>Queen of Navarre|Lo1=[[Louis I, Count of Étampes|Louis I]]<br>Count of Étampes|Ch2=[[Charles II of Navarre|Charles II]]<br>King of Navarre,<br>Count of Évreux|Phi=[[Philip, Count of Longueville|Philip]]<br>Count of Longueville|Lou=[[Louis, Duke of Durazzo|Louis]]<br>Count of Beaumont<br><small>∞ [[Joanna, Duchess of Durazzo]]</small>}}
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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | | Ch3 |Ch3=[[Charles III of Navarre|Charles III]]<br>King of Navarre,<br>Count of Évreux}} 
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== See also ==
* [[List of Navarrese monarchs#Capetian dynasty, 1284–1441|List of Navarrese monarchs from the Capetian dynasty]]
* [[Kings of Navarre family tree|Navarre monarchs family tree]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Royal houses of Navarre |state=collapsed}}
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