| Constance of Aragon | |
|---|---|
| Infanta of Aragon | |
| Queen Consort of Sicily | |
| Reign | 11 April 1361 – 18 July 1363 |
| Born | 1343 Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet, Kingdom of Aragon |
| Died | 18 July 1363 (aged 19–20) Catania, Kingdom of Sicily |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Federico III of Sicily (m. 1361 – 1363) |
| Issue | Maria I of Sicily |
| House | Barcelona |
| Father | Pedro IV of Aragon |
| Mother | Maria of Navarre |
| Aragonese royalty |
| House of Barcelona |
|---|
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| Alfonso II |
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Children include Peter (King of Aragon; Count of Barcelona) Constance (Holy Roman Empress; Queen consort of Hungary, Germany and Sicily) Alfonso (Count of Provence) Eleanor (Countess consort of Toulouse) Sancha (Countess consort of Toulouse) |
| Peter II |
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Children include James (King of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca; Count of Barcelona) |
| James I |
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Children include Violant (Queen consort of Castile and Leon) Constance (Lady consort of Villena) Peter (King of Aragon, Valencia and Sicily; Count of Barcelona) James (King of Majorca) Isabella (Queen consort of France) Sancho (Archbishop of Toledo) |
| Peter III |
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Children include Alfonso (King of Aragon and Valencia) James (King of Sicily, Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Corsica; Count of Barcelona) Elizabeth (Queen consort of Portugal) Frederick (King of Sicily) |
| Alfonso III |
| James II |
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Children include James (monk) Alfonso (King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Corsica; Count of Barcelona) Maria (Lady of Cameros) John (Archbishop of Toledo and Tarragona; Latin Patriarch of Alexandria) Isabella (Queen consort of Germany) |
| Alfonso IV |
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Children include Constance (Queen consort of Majorca) Peter (King of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca; Count of Barcelona) James (Count of Urgell) |
| Peter IV |
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Children include Constance (Queen consort of Sicily) Joanna (Countess consort of Ampurias) John (King of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca; Count of Barcelona; Duke of Athens and Neopatria) Martin (King of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica; Count of Barcelona; Duke of Montblanc) Eleanor (Queen consort of Castile and Leon) Isabella (Countess consort of Urgell) |
| John I |
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Children include Joanna (Countess consort of Foix) Yolande (Queen consort of Naples; Duchess consort of Anjou; Countess consort of Provence, Maine and Piedmont) |
| Martin |
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Children include Martin (King of Sicily; Count of Luna; Lord of Segorbe) |
Constance of Aragon (Catalan: Constança d'Aragó; 1343 – 2/18 July 1363), was the first Queen consort of Frederick III the Simple. She was an infanta of Aragon, the eldest child of Peter IV of Aragon[1] and his first wife Maria of Navarre.[2] Her father unsuccessfully proposed her as heir to the throne in early 1347, in the absence of a male heir.
On 8 February 1351 at Perpignan, a betrothal between Constance and Louis I of Anjou, son of King John II of France, was performed. However, the marriage never took place.
On 11 April 1361 at Catania, Constance married King Frederick III of Sicily.[1] They had one daughter, Maria (2 July 1363 - 25 March 1401),[1] who succeeded her father as reigning Queen of Sicily[3] in 1377[4] and married Martin of Aragon.
In 1363 Constance died in Catania, Sicily, either from the plague,[1] or following childbirth complications. She is buried in the Cathedral of Catania.
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