Constance of Aragon, Lady of Villena

For other people named Constance of Aragon, see Constance of Aragon (disambiguation).

Aragonese and Valencian Royalty
House of Barcelona

Alfonso II Children include    Peter (future Peter II of Aragon)    Alfonso II, Count of Provence Peter II Children include    James (future James I of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca) James I    Peter (future Peter III of Aragon and I of Valencia and Sicily)    James II of Majorca    Violant, Queen of Castile    Constance, Infanta of Castile    Isabella, Queen of France Peter III (I of Valencia and Sicily) Children include    Alfonso (future Alfonso III of Aragon and I of Valencia)    James (future James I of Sicily and II of Aragon and Valencia)    Frederick II of Sicily    Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal    Yolanda, Duchess of Calabria Alfonso III (I of Valencia) James II (I of Sicily) Children include    Alfonso (future Alfonso IV of Aragon and II of Valencia) Alfonso IV (II of Valencia) Children include    Peter (future Peter IV of Aragon and II of Valencia) Peter IV (II of Valencia) Children include    Constance, Queen of Sicily    John (future John I of Aragon and Valencia)    Martin (future Martin II of Sicily and I of Aragon and Valencia)    Eleanor, Queen of Castile    Isabella, Countess of Urgel Grandchildren include    Ferdinand (future Ferdinand I of Aragon, Valencia and Sicily)    Isabella, Countess of Urgel and Coimbra John I    Yolande, Queen of France Martin I (II of Sicily)

Constance of Aragon (1239–1269) was a daughter of James I of Aragon and his second wife Yolanda of Hungary. She was a member of the House of Barcelona and was Infanta of Castile by her marriage to Juan Manuel, Lord of Villena.

Her maternal grandparents were Andrew II of Hungary and his second wife Yolanda de Courtenay. Her paternal grandparents were Peter II of Aragon and Marie of Montpellier. Constance's siblings included: James II of Majorca, Peter III of Aragon, Yolanda, Queen of Castile and Isabella, Queen of France.

Constance married in 1260 to Juan Manuel, Lord of Villena in Soria. He was second son of Ferdinand III of Castile and his first wife Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen. The couple had two children:

• Alfonso (born 1260/1261, died in Montepellier, France in 1276) Died without issue.
• Violante Manuel (born 1265, died in Lisbon, Portugal in 1314), lady of Elche and Medellín. Married circa 1287 to Afonso of Portugal, son of Afonso III of Portugal.

Constance died in 1269, leaving her husband a widower. He remarried in 1274/5 to Beatrice of Savoy. Their son was Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, who was successor to his father since Constance's son, Alfonso died young.

Ancestry

16. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona

8. Alfonso II of Aragon

17. Petronila of Aragon

4. Peter II of Aragon

18. Alfonso VII of León

9. Sancha of Castile

19. Richeza of Poland

2. James I of Aragon

20. William VII of Montpellier

10. William VIII of Montpellier

21. Matilda of Burgundy

5. Marie of Montpellier

22. Isaac Komnenos

11. Eudokia Komnene

23. Irene Synadene

1. Constance of Aragon

24. Géza II of Hungary

12. Béla III of Hungary

25. Euphrosyne of Kiev

6. Andrew II of Hungary

26. Raynald of Châtillon

13. Agnes of Antioch

27. Constance of Antioch

3. Violant of Hungary

28. Peter of Courtenay

14. Peter II of Courtenay

29. Elizabeth de Courtenay

7. Yolanda de Courtenay

30. Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut

15. Yolanda of Flanders

31. Margaret I, Countess of Flanders

Sources

• Constanza de Aragón
• Ancestors of Constanza de Aragón

Persondata
Name	Beatrice Of Navarre
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Date of birth	1239
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Date of death	1269
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