Principality of Béarn

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former principality historical polity

The Principality of Béarn was a semi-autonomous Pyrenean state in southwestern France, historically ruled by the viscounts (later kings) of Navarre and notable for its distinctive legal traditions and early adoption of Protestant reforms.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Viscounty of Béarn	2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former principality ⓘ historical polity ⓘ
abolishedBy	French monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Armagnac NERFINISHED ⓘ Bayonne region NERFINISHED ⓘ Bigorre NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ Soule NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Pau NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
formerCapital	Morlaàs NERFINISHED ⓘ Orthez NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	principality ⓘ semi-autonomous state ⓘ
hadDistinctiveFeature	distinct legal traditions ⓘ
hadDistinctiveFeature	own customary law ⓘ relative institutional autonomy ⓘ
hadInstitution	States of Béarn NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadPrivilege	right to maintain own laws under French crown ⓘ
hasLegalSystem	Fors de Béarn NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Gascony NERFINISHED ⓘ Nouvelle-Aquitaine NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantRuler	Henry II of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry III of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry IV of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeanne d'Albret NERFINISHED ⓘ
integratedInto	Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
integrationCentury	17th century ⓘ
language	Béarnais ⓘ Occitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalCodeLanguage	Occitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern France ⓘ
maintainedAutonomyWithin	Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	early adoption of Protestant reforms ⓘ role in French Wars of Religion ⓘ
nowPartOf	France NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyrénées-Atlantiques NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	French Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ
personalUnionWith	Kingdom of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousPolicy	favored Calvinism in 16th century ⓘ
ruledBy	House of Albret NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Bourbon NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Foix NERFINISHED ⓘ
rulerTitle	King of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince of Béarn NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount of Béarn NERFINISHED ⓘ
unionWith	Kingdom of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catherine de Bourbon → associatedWith → Principality of Béarn ⓘ

Edict establishing Protestantism in Béarn → country → Principality of Béarn ⓘ

County of Foix → linkedTo → Principality of Béarn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Viscounty of Béarn

House of Foix → ruled → Principality of Béarn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Viscounty of Béarn