Teresa d'Entença

Teresa d'Entença
Coat of arms of the house of Entença
Queen consort of Aragon
Tenure	1327
Countess of Urgell
Tenure	1314–1327
Spouse	Alfonso IV of Aragon
Issue
Peter IV of Aragon James I of Urgell Constance, Queen of Majorca
House	House of Barcelona
Father	Gombald d'Entença
Mother	Constance of Antillón
Born	1300
Died	20 October 1327 Zaragoza
Burial	Zaragoza Franciscan Church

Teresa d'Entença (1300 – 20 October 1327)^[1] was the eldest daughter of Gombald d'Entença and his wife Constance of Antillón. She was Queen consort of Aragon by her marriage to King Alfonso IV of Aragon and was Countess of Urgell in her own right; however control over her estate passed to her husband.

Contents 1 Life 2 Issue 3 See also 4 References 5 Sources

Life

Before dying at La Llitera without descendants, Teresa's uncle Ermengol X of Urgell agreed to make Alfonso heir to the County of Urgell, one the condition that he married Teresa, who was his rightful heir.

Alfonso agreed to this and he married Teresa in 1314 in the Cathedral of Lerida. Alfonso is reputed to have been so liberal in the expenses during the wedding, that the local counsels imposed restrictions on how much he could spend.

However, Alfonso and Teresa did not become King and Queen straight away because Alfonso's father James II of Aragon was still alive and so was Alfonso's older brother James of Aragon, who was heir. However, James renounced his right to the throne in 1319 to become a monk. He had even refused to consummate his marriage to Eleanor of Castile. This meant Alfonso was now his father's heir.

James II died in 1327 and Alfonso succeeded him.

Teresa died whilst giving birth to her son Sancho on 20 October 1327 at Zaragoza. She is buried at Zaragoza Franciscan Church.^[2] Her younger son James inherited Urgell from his parents. Alfonso later remarried to Eleanor, his once sister-in-law who was married to his older brother James.

Issue

Alfonso and Teresa were married for thirteen years, and had seven children:

• Alfonso (1315–1317)
• Constance (1318–1346), married in 1336 to James III of Majorca.
• Peter IV (1319–1346), successor.
• James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347), also inherited Entença and Antillon.
• Isabella (1323–1327).
• Fadrique (1325-died young).
• Sancho (1327), lived only a few days.

See also

• House of Entença

References

Sources

• Alamán, Lucas; Manuel Orozco y Berra. Diccionario universal de historia y de geografía. p. 152. 
• E. Michael Gerli, Samuel G. Armistead, ed (2003). Medieval Iberia: an encyclopedia. Routledge. 
• O'Callaghan, Joseph F. (1975). A History of Medieval Spain. Cornell University Press. 

Teresa d'Entença House of Cabrera Born: circa 1300 Died: 20 October 1327
Regnal titles
Preceded by Ermengol X	Countess of Urgell 1314–1327	Succeeded by James I
Royal titles
Preceded by Elisenda of Montcada	Queen consort of Aragon 1327	Succeeded by Eleanor of Castile
	Countess consort of Barcelona, Girona, Osona and Besalú 1327
	Queen consort of Valencia 1327
	Queen consort of Sardinia and Corsica 1327

Persondata
Name	Dentenca, Teresa
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1300
Place of birth
Date of death	20 October 1327
Place of death	Zaragoza