Pere Arnaut de Garro
Pere Arnaut de Garro | |
|---|---|
 Grave of Pere Arnaut de Garro and Juana de Beunza | |
| Born | c.1360 Aquitaine |
| Died | 1422 Navarra, Kingdom of Navarre |
| Buried | Pamplona Cathedral |
| Noble family | Garro's |
| Spouse(s) | Juana de Beunza |
| Occupation | Ambassador |
Pere Arnaut de Garro (?-1422) was a Basque nobleman, he held political posts in the Kingdom of Navarre, being ambassador of Charles II in Aragon, Avignon and England.[1]
Biography[]
He probably born in located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Aquitaine). In 1386, Garro had earned income of Cinco Villas (Navarra).[2] Being ambassador Pere Arnaut de Garro travel to London to finalize the details of the wedding the daughter of Charles II, with a prince of the Court of England. In gratification by the merits of his ancestors during the Hundred Years' War, Edward III of England awarded him an annual income of 200 pounds of gold.[3]
Garro was the Governor and Alcalde of the town and castle of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, the capital of the sixth Merindad Lower Navarre.[4]
References[]
- ^ Castillos medioevales de Nabarra por Julio Altadill, Volumes 1-3, by Julio Altadill y Torrontera de Sancho San Román, 1934
- ^ Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia, Volume 172, Real Academia de la Historia., 1975, 1975
- ^ Castillos medioevales de Nabarra, by Altadill Julio, 3 March 2005, ISBN 9788497611695
- ^ Nobiliario y armería general de Nabarra, by J. Argamasilla de la Cerda y Bayona, 1899
External links[]
- People from Labourd
- 1422 deaths
- Burials at Pamplona Cathedral
- 14th-century nobility from the Kingdom of Navarre
- 15th-century nobility from the Kingdom of Navarre