Violant of Hungary
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Violant of Hungary (c. 1216, Kingdom of Hungary - Huesca, October 1251) was Queen consort of James I of Aragon. She is also called Yolanda or Violante de Hungría in Spanish and Iolanda or Violant d'Hongria in Catalan .
Violant was a daughter of Andrew II of Hungary and Violant of Courtenay.
She married James I in 1235, being his second wife, and had several children:
1. Violant of Aragon (1236-1301), queen of Castile by her marriage to Alfonso X.
2. Constance of Aragon (1239-1269), infanta of Castile by her marriage to Juan Manuel of Castile, son of Ferdinand III of Castile.
3. Peter III of Aragon (1240-1285).
4. James II of Majorca (1243-1311).
5. Ferdinand of Aragon (1245-1250).
6. Sancha of Aragon (1246-1251).
7. Isabella of Aragon (1247-1271), married Philip III of France
8. Maria of Aragon (1248-1267), nun.
9. Sancho, Archbishop of Toledo (1250-1279)
10. Elionor of Aragon (1251-?, young)
Violant and her daughter Sancha's remains are at the monastery of Santa María de Vallbona in Catalonia.
