Violante de Aragón

• Preferred Name: Violante de Aragón^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Alternate Name: Queen Castilla
  
• Alternate Name: Violant d'Aragón
  
• Gender: F
  
• LdsSealingToParents: 12 AUG 1992 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: BET 1252 AND 1284 with note: Description: Queen of Castilla and Leon
  
• LdsEndowment: 28 JUN 1935 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• FSID: G4PQ-Y57
  
• LdsBaptism: 23 JUL 1934 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Nickname:
  
• Birth: 8 JUN 1236 in Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain at LATI: N1.6478 LONG: E0.8904
  
• Death: 1301 in Roncesvalles, Orreaga, Nafarroa, Spain at LATI: N3 LONG: E1.32
  
• Burial: in Collegiate Church Of Saint Mary, Roncesvalles, Navarra, Spain at LATI: N3.0087 LONG: E1.3197
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Violant or Violante of Aragon, also known as Yolanda of Aragon (8 June 1236-1301), was Queen consort of Castile and León from 1252 to 1284 as the wife of King Alfonso X.
  
  «b»Life«/b»
  Violant was born in Zaragoza, the daughter of King James I of Aragon (1213-1276) and his second wife, Yolande of Hungary (ca.1215-1253). Her maternal grandparents were Andrew II of Hungary and Yolanda de Courtenay.
  
  In January 1249, Violant married King Alfonso X of Castile at Burgos, who before his marriage, had a romantic relationship with Mayor Guillén de Guzmán who bore to him an illegitimate daughter Beatrice.
  
  Due to Violant's young age, she was unable to get pregnant for several years. Alfonso came to believe that his wife was barren and came to even consider the possibility of asking the pope for an annulment of the marriage.
  
  Legend has it that the Queen could not get pregnant and the doctor told her to rest. Alicante was recaptured by the Crown of Castile and the King and Queen rested in a farm located in the fields near the city, and there she became pregnant; the King decided to call the place "Pla del Bon Repos" ("Plain of good sleep"), a name that has been left to posterity and today is a suburb of Alicante.
  
  In 1275, Violant's son and heir to Castile, Ferdinand de la Cerda died heir to the Castilian-Leonese throne and Alfonso at first ignored the rights of Ferdinand's two sons, Alfonso and Fernando, and instead made their second son, Prince Sancho heir; he would later succeed as Sancho IV of Castile.
  
  In response, the widow of Ferdinand, Blanche of France, enlisted the help of her brother, Philip III of France. At the same time, queen Violant sought support for her grandchildren from her brother, King Peter III of Aragon, who agreed to protect and guard them in the kingdom of Aragon, accommodating her grandchildren in the Castle of Xativa. During the reign of her son Sancho IV, and the latter's son, Ferdinand IV of Castile, Queen Violant lived almost permanently in Aragon and she supported the rights to the throne of Castile and León of her grandson, Alfonso de la Cerda.
  
  In 1276, Violant founded the Convent of San Pablo in Valladolid. This was erected in honor of the Hungarian Order of St. Paul. Violant's mother brought some Hungarian influence on the Spanish culture, and also introduced the Order of St. Paul.
  
  Queen Violant of Aragon died at Roncesvalles, in the kingdom of Navarre in 1301, on her return from Rome, where she had won the Jubilee in 1300.
  
  «b»Children
  «/b»Alfonso and Violant had the following children:
  
  1.) Berengaria (1253-after 1284). She was betrothed to Louis, the son and heir of King Louis IX of France, but her fiance died prematurely in 1260. She entered the convent in Las Huelgas, where she was living in 1284.
  
  2.) Beatrice (1254-1280). She married William VII, Marquess of Montferrat.
  
  3.) Ferdinand de la Cerda, Infante of Castile (23 October 1255-25 July 1275). He married Blanche, the daughter of King Louis IX of France, by whom he had two children. Because he predeceased his father, his younger brother Sancho inherited the throne.
  
  4.) Eleanor (1257-1275)
  
  5.) Sancho IV of Castile (13 May 1258-1295)
  
  6.) Constance (1258-22 August 1280), a nun at Las Huelgas.
  
  7.) Peter, Lord of Ledesma (June 1260-10 October 1283)
  
  8.) John, Lord of Valencia de Campos (March or April 1262-25 June 1319).
  
  9.) Isabella, died young.
  
  10.) Violant (1265-1296). She married Diego López V de Haro, Lord of Biscay
  
  11.) James, Lord of Cameros (August 1266-9 August 1284)
  
  Violante de Aragón, reina consorte de Castilla
  Spanish: Da. Violante de Aragón y Hungría (Violant d'Aragón), reina consorte de Castilla, French: Queen Consort of Castille and Leon Violante de Aragon (Violant d'Aragón), reina consorte de Castilla
  Also Known As: "Jolán", "Yolanda", "Violante de Aragón", "Violante of Aragón de Aragón", "reina consorte de Castilla (Geni Tree Match)", "Yolanda de Aragon"
  Birthdate: circa 1236
  Death: 1301 (60-70)
  Roncesvalles, Navarre, Navarre, Spain
  Place of Burial: Seville, Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain
  Immediate Family:
  Daughter of James I the Conqueror, King of Aragon and Violante de Hungría, reina consorte de Aragón
  Wife of Alfonso X el Sabio, rey de Castilla y León
  Mother of Berenguela Alfonsez, infanta de Castilla; Beatrice di Castiglia, marchesa del Monferrato; Fernando de la Cerda, príncipe heredero de Castilla y León; Sancho IV el Bravo, rey de Castilla y León; Constanza Alfonsez, Infanta de Castilla; Juan el de Tarifa, señor de Valencia de Campos; Pedro Alfonsez, Infante de Castilla; Violante de Castilla, Señora de Vizcaya; Jaime de Castilla, Señor de los Cameros; Isabel Alfonsez, Infanta de Castilla and Leonor Alfonsez, Infanta de Castilla « less
  Sister of Constanza de Aragón, señora consorte de Escalona; Pedro III el Grande, rey de Aragón; Jaume II, rei de Mallorca; Fernando, infant de Aragón; Sancha, infanta de Aragón; María de Aragón, infanta de Aragón; Isabel of Aragon, queen consort of France; Sancho de Aragón, arzobispo de Toledo and Leonor de Aragón, infanta de Aragón « less
  Half sister of Alfonso de Aragón; Jaume I d'Aragó, baró de Xèrica; Pedro, I barón de Ayerbe, infante de Aragón; Fernán Sánchez de Castro, Señor de Castro y Pomar; Pedro Fernández, barón de Híjar; Jaime Sarroca, obispo de Huesca and Pedro del Rey, obispo de Lérida « less
  
  Occupation: Infanta de Aragón, Reina de Castilla (1252-1284), Reina, Queen Consort
  
  === Mtdna ===
  Acording to the study of the remains of her daughter Leonor, her haplogroup is K1a4a1

• m. 29 de enero de 1249 in Valladolid, Castilla y León, España

1. Violante de Castilla "Señora de Vizcaya", b. 1265     d. 1296
2. Sancho de Castilla IV, b. 12 de mayo de 1258 in Valladolid, Castilla y León, España     d. 25 de abril de 1295 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, España

1. Title: Violant of Aragon, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLX-CL7H : 11 January 2023), Violant of Aragon, ; Burial, Roncesvalles, Provincia de Navarra, Navarra, Spain, Collegiate Church of Saint Mary; citing record ID 95304860, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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2. Title: Violante de Hungria - Biography (Video)
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3. Title: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/60541/records/1981101;
   
4. Title: Geni
   Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Violante-de-Arag%C3%B3n-reina-consorte-de-Castilla/4924524160660049048?through=6000000010289136104;
   
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