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Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria

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Yolande of Aragon
Infanta of Aragon
Duchess consort of Calabria
Tenure23 March 1297 - August 1302
Born1273
Aragon
DiedAugust 1302
Termini Imerese, Palermo
Burial
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
SpouseRobert, Duke of Calabria
IssueCharles, Duke of Calabria
Louis
HouseBarcelona
FatherPeter III of Aragon
MotherConstance of Sicily

Yolanda of Aragon (1273 – August 1302) was the daughter of Peter III of Aragon and Constance of Sicily.[1] She married Robert of Naples,[1] but was never Queen of Naples since she died before her husband inherited the throne.

On 23 March 1297, in Rome, Yolanda married Robert. He was the third born son of Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary. Robert married Yolanda in exchange for James II of Aragon's renouncing of Sicily (James was Yolanda's brother).

Yolanda was then escorted to Naples by her new brother-in-law, Raymond Berengar of Andria.

Yolanda and Robert had two sons:

  • Charles (1298–1328),[2] Duke of Calabria (1309), Viceroy of Naples (1318), who was the father of Queen Joanna of Naples
  • Louis (1301–10)

The same month as Yolanda's death was the peace of Caltabellotta, which ended the war of the Vespers. Her husband inherited the throne seven years later.

On Yolanda's death, Robert married Sancha of Majorca. This marriage was childless.

References

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  1. ^ a b Cawsey 2002, p. 2.
  2. ^ Diakité & Sneider 2022, p. 43.

Sources

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  • Cawsey, Suzanne F. (2002). Kingship and Propaganda: Royal Eloquence and the Crown of Aragon c.1200-1450. Oxford University Press.
  • Diakité, Rala I.; Sneider, Matthew T., eds. (2022). The Eleventh and Twelfth Books of Giovanni Villani's "New Chronicle". Walter de Gruyter Gmbh.