"When you kill these Flemish boars, do not spare the sows; them I would have spitted."
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Joan I of Navarre
Joan I (Basque: Joana, Spanish: Juana; 14 January 1273 – 31 March/2 April 1305) was ruling Queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne from 1274 until 1305. She was also Queen of France by marriage to King Philip IV. She founded the College of Navarre in Paris in 1305.
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