Violant of Hungary

Violant of Hungary
Queen consort of Aragon
Tomb of Violant of Hungary
Tenure	1235–1253
Spouse	James I of Aragon
Issue
Yolanda, Queen of Castile Constance, Infanta of Castile Peter III of Aragon James II of Majorca Isabella, Queen of France
House	House of Arpad House of Aragon
Father	Andrew II of Hungary
Mother	Yolanda de Courtenay
Born	1215
Died	1251 (aged 36)?
Burial	Monastery of Santa María de Vallbona, province of Lleida

Violant of Hungary (c. 1216–1253) was Queen consort of James I of Aragon. She is also called Jolánta in Hungarian, Iolanda or Violant d'Hongria in Catalan and Yolanda or Violante de Hungría in Spanish.

Contents 1 Family 2 Marriage 3 Ancestry 4 References

Family

Violant was born at Esztergom, a daughter of Andrew II of Hungary and Violant of Courtenay. Her paternal grandparents were Béla III of Hungary and his first wife Agnes of Antioch. Her maternal grandparents were Peter II of Courtenay and his second wife Yolanda of Flanders.

Violant was a half-sister of Anne Marie, Empress of Bulgaria, Béla IV of Hungary, Saint Elisabeth of Hungary and Coloman of Lodomeria.

Violant's mother died in 1233, when Violant was seventeen years old. Her father remarried, to Beatrice d'Este, they had a son called Stephen.

Marriage

Violant married James I in 1235, being his second wife. By the marriage, Violant became Queen consort of Aragon. James already had one son, Alfonso by his first marriage to Eleanor of Castile. James however divorced Eleanor and decided to remarry, he chose Violant.^[1][2]

James and Violant had ten children:

1. Violant of Aragon (1236–1301), queen of Castile by her marriage to Alphonse 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 (1250–1275)
10. Eleanor of Aragon (born 1251, date of death unknown (died young))

Violant's daughter, Isabella became Queen of France by her marriage to Philip III of France. Isabella was mother of Philip IV of France and Charles of Valois.

Charles of Valois was father of Philip VI of France, Isabella, Duchess of Bourbon and Blanche, Queen of Germany.

Violant died in 1253. Violant and her daughter Sancha's remains are at the Real Monasterio de Santa Maria de Vallbona in Vallbona de les Monges, Catalonia.

Her husband remarried one more time, to Teresa Gil de Vidaure, who was once James' mistress.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Violant of Hungary

16. Béla II of Hungary               8. Géza II of Hungary                       17. Helena of Raška               4. Béla III of Hungary                             18. Mstislav I of Kiev               9. Euphrosyne of Kiev                       19. Liubava Dmitrievna               2. Andrew II of Hungary                                   20. Henri of Châtillon               10. Raynald of Châtillon                       21. Ermengarde de Montjay               5. Agnes of Antioch                             22. Bohemund II of Antioch               11. Constance of Antioch                       23. Alice, princess of Jerusalem               1. Violant of Hungary                                         24. Louis VI of France               12. Peter I of Courtenay                       25. Adélaide de Maurienne               6. Peter II of Courtenay                             26. Renaud de Courtenay               13. Elizabeth de Courtenay                       27. Hawise du Donjon               3. Yolanda de Courtenay                                   28. Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut               14. Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut                       29. Alice of Namur               7. Yolanda of Flanders                             30. Thierry, Count of Flanders               15. Margaret I, Countess of Flanders                       31. Sibylla of Anjou

References

Violant of Hungary House of Árpád Born: circa 1215 Died: 12 October 1251
Royal titles
Preceded by Eleanor of Castile	Queen consort of Aragon 1235–1253	Succeeded by Teresa Gil de Vidaure
New title	Queen consort of Majorca 1235–1253
	Queen consort of Valencia 1238–1253

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Name	Violant Of Hungary
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Date of death	1253
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