Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria

This article is about Duchess of Calabria. For other uses, see Yolande 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)

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

Family

Yolanda had five siblings, including Elizabeth of Aragon, who became Queen of Portugal by her marriage to Dinis of Portugal and was later known as Saint Elizabeth of Portugal. Two brothers, Alfonso and James became King of Aragon. Her youngest surviving brother, Frederick, became King of Sicily.

Yolanda's paternal grandparents were James I of Aragon and his second wife Violant of Hungary. Her maternal grandparents were Manfred of Sicily and Beatrice of Savoy.

Marriage

On 23 March 1297, in Rome, Yolanda married Robert. He was the third born son of Charles II of Naples and Maria Arpad 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), Duke of Calabria (1309), Viceroy of Naples (1318), who was the father of Queen Joan I 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.

Ancestors

Alfonso II of Aragon

Peter II of Aragon

Sancha of Castile

James I of Aragon

William VIII of Montpellier

Marie of Montpellier

Eudokia Komnene

Peter III of Aragon

Béla III of Hungary

Andrew II of Hungary

Agnes of Antioch

Violant of Hungary

Peter II of Courtenay

Yolande de Courtenay

Yolanda of Flanders

Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria

Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Constance of Sicily

Manfred of Sicily

Manfred II Lanza (?)

Bianca, Countess of Lancia

Bianca Maletta (?)

Constance of Hohenstaufen

Thomas I, Count of Savoy

Amadeus IV of Savoy

Marguerite of Geneva

Beatrice of Savoy

Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy

Anne of Burgundy

Béatrice of Albon