Violant of Hungary

Violant of Hungary

Violant of Hungary (Esztergom, Kingdom 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.

Violant was a daughter of Andrew II of Hungary and Violant of Courtenay.

She married James I in 1235, being his second wife, and had several 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. Elionor of Aragon (1251-?, young)

Violant and her daughter Sancha's remains are at the monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona in Lleida, Catalonia.

External links

* [http://www.grec.net/cgibin/dificil.pgm?USUARI=&SESSIO=&PGMORI=E&NDCHEC=0071268 Violant of Hungary in the Catalan Hyperencyclopaedia]


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