CHARLES III. (1361-1425), called THE NOBLE, king of Navarre and count of Evreux, was the eldest son of Charles II. the Bad (q.v.), and was married in 1375 to Leonora, daughter of Henry II., king of Castile. He became king of Navarre in 1387, and, in contrast to his father's reign, his was a period of peace and order. In 1393 he regained Cherbourg, which had been handed over by Charles II. to Richard II. of England, and in 1403 ex changed it for certain other lands in France. He was created duke of Nemours and made a peer of France. He died at Olite on Sept. 8, 1425. After the death of his two sons in 1402 the king secured his kingdom for his daughter Blanche (d. 1441), who took for her second husband John, afterwards John II., king of Aragon ; and the cortes of Navarre swore to recognize Charles (q.v.) , prince of Viana, her son by this marriage, as king of ter his mother's death.