Constance of Aragon, Queen of Sicily

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

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(1363-07-18) (aged 19–20) Catania, Kingdom of Sicily
Burial	Cathedral of St Agatha, Catania, Kingdom of Sicily
Spouse	Federico III of Sicily (m. 1361 – 1363)
Issue	Maria I of Sicily
House	Barcelona
Father	Pedro IV of Aragon
Mother	Maria of Navarre

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.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Constance of Aragon, Queen of Sicily

16. Peter III of Aragon 8. James II of Aragon 17. Constance of Sicily 4. Alfonso IV of Aragon 18. Charles II of Naples 9. Blanche of Anjou 19. Mary of Hungary 2. Peter IV of Aragon 10. Gombau d'Entença 5. Teresa d'Entença 11. Constança d'Antillón 1. Constance of Aragon 24. Philip III of France 12. Louis, Count of Évreux 25. Marie of Brabant 6. Philip III of Navarre 26. Philip of Artois 13. Margaret of Artois 27. Blanche of Brittany 3. Maria of Navarre 28. Philip IV of France 14. Louis X of France 29. Joan I of Navarre 7. Joan II of Navarre 30. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy 15. Margaret of Burgundy 31. Agnes of France

References

1. Archbishop Pierre d'Ameil in Naples and the Affair of Aimon III of Geneva (1363-1364), Kenneth M. Setton, Speculum, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct., 1953), 645.
2. Backman, Clifford R. (2022), Sohmer Tai, Emily; Reyerson, Kathryn L. (eds.), "Neocastro's Epic History", Mapping Pre-Modern Sicily: Maritime Violence, Cultural Exchange, and Imagination in the Mediterranean, 800-1700, Mediterranean Perspectives, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 193–206, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-04915-6_11, ISBN 978-3-031-04915-6, retrieved 2023-03-02
3. De Lucca, Denis (2017). "A Byzantine relic in a Baroque palace : the church of Our Saviour in the Bonajuto Palace in Catania". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. Rohr, Zita (2013), Woodacre, Elena (ed.), "Not Lost in Translation: Aragonese Court Culture on Tour (1400–1480)", Queenship in the Mediterranean: Negotiating the Role of the Queen in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 145–168, doi:10.1057/9781137362834_8, ISBN 978-1-137-36283-4, retrieved 2023-03-02

External links

• Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of descendants of Petronilla I of Aragon". Genealogy.EU.
• Constanza de Aragón
• Ancestors of Constanza de Aragón

Royal titles
Preceded by Elisabeth of Carinthia	Queen consort of Sicily 1361–1363	Succeeded by Antonia of Balzo