Violant of Hungary
| Violant of Hungary | |
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| Queen consort of Aragon | |
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| Tomb of Violant of Hungary | |
| Tenure | 1235–1251 |
| 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 Maria de Vallbona, province of Lleida |
Violant of Hungary (c. 1216–1251) was a Queen consort of Aragon and the second wife of King 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.
Family
Violant was born at Esztergom, a daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and Queen Yolanda 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 Galicia-Lodomeria.
Violant's mother died in 1233, when Violant was seventeen years old. Her father remarried, to Beatrice d'Este, and they had a son called Stephen.
Marriage
Violant married James in 1235.[1] James already had son Alfonso by Queen Eleanor. James divorced Eleanor and decided to remarry. He chose Violant.[2][3]
James and Violant had ten children:
- Violant of Aragon[4] (1236–1301), Queen of Castile by her marriage to Alfonso X of Castile
- Constance of Aragon, Lady of Villena
- Peter III of Aragon (1240–1285)
- James II of Majorca (1243–1311)
- Ferdinand of Aragon (1245–1250)
- Sancha of Aragon (1246–1251)
- Isabella of Aragon (1247–1271)
- Maria of Aragon (1248–1267), nun
- Sancho, Archbishop of Toledo (1250–1275)
- Eleanor of Aragon (born 1251, date of death unknown; died young)
Violant was the grandmother of King Philip IV of France and Charles, Count of Valois. Charles was the father of Philip VI of France.
Violant died in 1253.[5] Violant and her daughter Sancha's remains are at the Monastery of 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
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Violant of Hungary. |
- ↑ Crónica de San Juan de la Peña
- ↑ Cawley, Charles, Kings of Hungary, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012
- ↑ Violant Arpad
- ↑ Ricardo del Arco y Garay: Sepulcros de la Casa Real de Aragón
- ↑ Thalamus de Montpellier
| Violant of Hungary House of Árpád Born: circa 1215 Died: 12 October 1251 | ||
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| Preceded by Eleanor of Castile |
Queen consort of Aragon 1235–1253 |
Succeeded by Constance of Sicily |
| New title | Queen consort of Majorca 1235–1253 | |
| Queen consort of Valencia 1238–1253 | ||