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Margaret of Prades (1388/95 – 1429) was the queen consort of King Martin I of Aragon.
She was the daughter of Peter of Aragon, Baron of Entenza (1352–1395) and his wife Joan of Cabrera.
On 17 September 1409, Margaret married Martin I of Aragon, a second cousin of her father. The bride was about fourteen years old and the groom fifty-three. Martin had survived all his legitimate children from his first marriage with Maria de Luna and was in need of a legitimate heir of his own.
On 31 March 1410, Martin I died after six months of marriage. They had no children. His death led to a two-year interregnum, which was ended by the Pact of Caspe, in which Ferdinand I of Aragon, infante of Castile's House of Trastámara, younger son of his sister Eleanor of Aragon, was chosen as the next king from among at least five contenders.
Margaret of Prades remained a widow for about four years. She married her second husband John of Vilaragut in 1415. In secret, she gave birth to a son in 1416, whose name was Joan Jeroni de Vilaragut (1416–1452).[1] John of Vilaragut died in 1422. Margaret entered the monastery of Bonrepòs. She died in 1429.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Margaret of Prades 16. James II of Aragon 8. Pedro of Aragon, Count of Ribagorza, Ampurias and Prades 17. Blanche of Anjou 4. Juan of Aragon, Count of Prades 18. Gaston I, Count of Foix (=28) 9. Joan of Foix 19. Joan of Artois (=29) 2. Pedro of Aragon, Count of Prades, Baron of Entenza 10. Gonzalo Ximenes de Arenós 5. Sancha Ximenez de Arenós 11. Timbor de Bellpuig Margarida de Prades 24. Bernardo I, Lord of Cabrera 12. Bernardo II, Lord of Cabrera 25. Leonor de Aguilar 6. Bernardo III, Viscount of Cabrera 26. Peter of Fenollet, Viscount of Illa 13. Timbor de Fenollet 27. Esclaramunda de Pinés, heiress of Canet 3. Juana de Cabrera 28. Gaston I, Count of Foix (=18) 14. Roger Bernard III, Viscount of Castelbon 29. Joan of Artois (=19) 7. Margaret of Foix 30. Artal, Lord of Luna 15. Constance of Luna 31. Constance de Aragon, Lady of Segorbe Notes
- ^ Núria Silleras-Fernández: Widowhood and Deception: Ambiguities of Queenship in Late Medieval Crown of Aragon – 14 August 2011
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Royal titles Preceded by
Maria de LunaQueen consort of Aragon, Majorca, Valencia and
Countess consort of Barcelona
17 September 1409 – 31 March 1410Succeeded by
Eleanor of AlburquerquePreceded by
Blanche I of NavarreQueen consort of Sicily
17 September 1409 – 31 March 1410Succeeded by
Eleanor of AlburquerqueInfantas of Aragon 1st Generation Sancha, Countess of Urgell · Urraca · Teresa, Countess of Provence2nd Generation none3rd Generation Isabella · Petronila4th Generation 5th Generation Constance, Holy Roman Empress · Eleanor, Countess of Toulouse · Dulce6th Generation Sancha7th Generation Violant, Queen of Castile · Constance, Lady of Villena · Sancha · Isabella, Queen of France · Maria · Eleanor8th Generation Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal · Yolanda, Duchess of Calabria · Sancha, Queen of Naples* · Isabella* · Blanca of Ayerbe · Teresa, Lady of Fraga9th Generation Maria, Lady of Cameros · Constance, Duchess of Peñafiel · Isabella, Duchess of Austria · Blanca · Violante, Lady of Segorbe · Constance, Queen of Cyprus** · Elisabeth, Duchess of Bavaria** · Catherine** · Margaret, Countess Palatine of the Rhine** · Beatrice, Lady of Marchena · Maria, Countess of Ampurias · Teresa of Jérica · Constanza of Ayerbe · Maria, Laby of Ayerbe10th Generation Constance, Queen of Majorca · Isabella · Eleanor, Queen of Cyprus · Juana, Lady of Villena · Blanca, Countess of Cardona · Eleanor, Queen of Aragon** · Beatrice, Countess Palatine of the Rhine** · Constance** · Euphemia** · Violante** · Blanca, Countess of Ampurias** · Eleonor, Countess of Caltabellotta** · Constance** · Isabella, Marchioness of Montferrat* · Esclaramunda* · Alice, Countess of Ibelin* · Beatrice, Lady of Cocentaina · Ventura, Viscountess of Illa and Canet · Elsa, Lady of Almonacid · Juana, Countess of Carrión11th Generation Constance, Queen of Sicily · Joanna, Countess of Ampurias · Maria · Beatrice · Eleanor, Queen of Castile · Isabella, Countess of Urgell · Isabella, Countess of Cardona · Blanca of Ribagorza · Joanna, Countess of Cardona · Violante, Countess of Prades · Joanna of Prades · Constance of Prades · Eleanor of Prades · Timbor, Viscountess of Cabrera · Eleanor of Ampurias · Maria of Sicily**12th Generation Joanna, Countess of Foix · Yolande, Duchess of Anjou · Eleanor · Antonia · Margaret · Beatrice of Urgell · Eleanor of Urgell · Cecilia, Countess of Modica · Isabella of Urgell · Eleanor of Prades · Isabella of Prades · Joanna, Countess of Prades · Margarida, Queen of Aragon · Timbor of Prades13th Generation Isabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra · Eleanor, Princess of Salerno · Joanna, Countess of Cardona · Catherine of Urgell14th Generation 15th Generation 16th Generation 17th Generation Eleanor, Queen of France · Isabella, Queen of Denmark-Norway · Mary, Queen of Hungary · Catherine, Queen of Portugal*also a princess of Majorca
**also a princess of SicilyCategories:- 1395 births
- 1422 deaths
- Aragonese queen consorts
- Countesses of Barcelona
- Majorcan queens consort
- Royal consorts of Sicily
- Medieval women
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