Dulce of Aragon

Dulce of Aragon[1]
Queen consort of Portugal
Dulce of Aragon, in Antonio de Hollanda's Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (1530–1534)
Spouse	Sancho I of Portugal
Issue	Teresa, Queen of Leon Infanta Sancha, Lady of Alenquer Infanta Constança Infante Afonso (later Afonso II) Infante Pedro, Count of Urgell Infante Fernando, Count of Flanders Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara Berengária, Queen of Denmark Mafalda, Queen of Castile
House	House of Aragon
Father	Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
Mother	Petronilla of Aragon
Born	1160
Died	1198

Dulce of Aragon^[1] (or of Barcelona) (1160–1 September 1198) was Queen consort to King Sancho I of Portugal, the eldest daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona and his wife, Queen Petronila of Aragon and sister of the future King Alfonso II of Aragon.

Dulce married Infante Sancho in 1174, an event that renewed the alliance between the Portugal and Dulce's native Aragon. Their union was arranged by her brother, Alfonso II of Aragon. With the death of King Afonso Henriques in 1185, her husband ascended the throne and she became Queen consort of Portugal.

Sancho I, in his will of 1188, bequeathed Vouga, Santa Maria and Porto to his wife. The Queen also acquired other properties by the terms, including Alenquer, Portugal, making her the Lady of Alenquer.

Dulce died in Coimbra and was buried in the Monastery of Santa Cruz, next to her husband.

Children of Sancho and Dulce

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Josefina and María Dolores Mateu Ibars (1980). Colectánea paleográfica de la Corona de Aragón: Siglo IX-XVIII (in Spanish). Universitat Barcelona. p. 617. ISBN 978-84-7528-694-5. Retrieved 21 November 2009. Dulce de Aragón, hija de Ramón Berenguer IV de Barcelona