- Isabella of Aragon, Countess of Urgel
Isabella of Aragon, Countess of Urgel (
12 March 1409 -29 August 1443 ) was the wife ofInfante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra . She is also referred to as the Duchess of Coimbra.Family
Isabella, or Isabel as she was commonly known, was born on 12 March 1409 the eldest daughter of James II,
Count of Urgel , a candidate to the throne of theCrown of Aragon at theCompromise of Caspe , and Isabel of Aragon. Her paternal grandparents were Peter of Aragon,Count of Urgel and Margharita of Montferrat. Her maternal grandparents were KingPeter IV of Aragon and Sibylla de Fortià, the daughter of Bernardo de Fortià ofBarcelona . Isabella was one of five children. The county of Urgel was dissolved in 1413, following her father's revolt against the new KingFerdinand I of Aragon who had been chosen to succeed to the throne of Aragon in 1412 despite James having had the stronger claim as the closest legitimateagnate to the RoyalHouse of Aragon . Earlier, King Ferdinand had offered James 150,000florins , the title of Duke of Montblanc, and proposed an alliance between his son Enrique and Isabella but James had refused Ferdinand's offer on the advice of his mother. [Medieval Lands "Catalonia"] In addition to the loss of his title and assets, James was later tried, condemned, and sentenced to life imprisonment.Siblings
# Felipe of Urgel (died 1422)
# Leonor of Urgel ( 1414-after 1438). Married 1436 RaimondoOrsini , 6th Count ofNola .
# Juana of Urgel ( Early 1415 Convent of Sijena- 1445). Married firstly Jean III de Grailly, Count ofFoix and secondly Juan Ramon Folch, Count of Cardona. Had one son by her second husband.
# Catalina of Urgel (died before 1424).Marriage
On 13 September 1428 at
Alcolea del Cinca she married Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (9 December 1392 -20 May 1449 at TheBattle of Alfarrobeira ), the son of KingJohn I of Portugal andPhilippa of Lancaster . He also held the titles ofRegent of Portugal and TheAlgarve , and Sire of Montemor. They had six children. In 1438, Isabella's husband was appointed Regent of Portugal during the minority of his nephew KingAlfonso V . King Alfonso would later wed the eldest daughter of Isabella and Pedro.List of children
# Pedro of Coimbra, Infante of Portugal, 2nd Duke of Coimbra, Duke of Catalonia (
23 October 1429 Coimbra, Portugal-29 June 1466 ) At the age of 14 he was Conctable of Portugal. In 1464, he was acclaimed KingPeter V of Aragon .
# Joao of Coimbra, Infante of Portugal, TitularPrince of Antioch (1431/33 Coimbra, Portugal- July/11 September 1457Nicosia , Cyprus). Married 26 February 1456 QueenCharlotte of Cyprus (28 June 1444 -16 July 1487 ). He was her first husband. It was rumoured that he was poisoned by his mother-in-law, Queen Helena ofCyprus .
#Isabel of Coimbra , Infanta of Portugal (1 March 1432 Coimbra, Portugal-2 December 1455 ) Married KingAlfonso V of Portugal on 6 May 1448. She was his first wife. They had three children, including KingJohn II of Portugal andJoana of Portugal .
# Jaime of Coimbra, Infante of Portugal, Cardinal and Archbishop ofLisbon (16 August 1443 Coimbra, Portugal-27 August 1457 Florence Italy )
# Beatrice of Coimbra, Infanta of Portugal (21 November 1435 Coimbra, Portugal-22 February 1462 Bruges . Married 13 May 1453 Adolf ofCleves Lord of Ravenstein (28 June 1425-18 September 1492). She died of suspected poisoning.
# Philippa of Coimbra, Infanta of Portugal (1 June 1437 Coimbra, Portugal-25 July 1493 Odivelas). Was a nun at the Convent of Odivelas.Death
Isabella died in Coimbra, Portugal on 29 August 1443 at the age of 34. She is buried at Batalla. Her father had died in prison at Xàtiva ten years previously.
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