Violant of Hungary

Violant of Hungary
Queen consort of Aragon
Tenure1235 – 1251
Bornc. 1215
Diedc. 1251 (aged 36)?
Burial
SpouseJames I of Aragon
Issue
HouseÁrpád
FatherAndrew II of Hungary
MotherYolanda de Courtenay

Violant of Hungary (Hungarian: Jolán; Catalan: Iolanda or Violant d'Hongria; Spanish: Yolanda or Violante de Hungría; c. 1215 – c. 1251) was the queen of Aragon from 1235 until 1251 as the second wife of King James I of Aragon. A member of the Hungarian House of Árpád, Queen Violant was a valuable and influential advisor of her husband. She remains in folk memory in Catalonia and Valencia.[citation needed]