Constance of Aragon, Queen of Majorca

For other people named Constance of Aragon, see Constance of Aragon (disambiguation).
Constance
Queen consort of Majorca
Tenure1336–1344
1344–1346 (in pretendence)
Born1318
Died1346 (aged 27–28)
Montpellier
SpouseJames III of Majorca
IssueJames IV of Majorca
Isabella of Majorca
HouseHouse of Barcelona
FatherAlfonso IV of Aragon
MotherTeresa d'Entença

Constance of Aragon (1318–Montpellier, 1346) was Queen of Majorca as the wife of King James III. She was the eldest daughter of Alfonso IV of Aragon and his first wife, Teresa d'Entença.[1]

James III wished to have friendly relations with Aragon, and thus married Constance in Perpignan on 24 September 1336.[1] In 1342, he refused to take the oath of fealty to Constance's brother, Peter IV of Aragon.

James and Constance had two children:

  1. James (c. 1336 – January 20, 1375), pretender to the throne of Majorca
  2. Isabella (1337–1406), pretender to the throne of Majorca

In a short war (1343–44), James (and allegedly Constance) was driven out of Majorca by Peter, who annexed the Balearic Islands to the Crown of Aragon.

Two years later, Constance died in Montpellier. She was outlived by James and her two children. Her husband remarried the following year to Violante of Vilaragut.

  1. ^ a b Previté-Orton 1952, p. 903.