James I of Aragon - Marriages and Children

Marriages and Children

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)

James first married, in 1221, Eleanor, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England. Though he later had the marriage annulled, his one son by her was declared legitimate:

  1. Alfonso (1229–1260), married Constance of Montcada, Countess of Bigorre

In 1235, James remarried to Yolanda, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary by his second wife Yolande de Courtenay. She bore him numerous children:

  1. Yolanda, also known as Violant, (1236–1301), married Alfonso X of Castile
  2. Constance (1239–1269), married Juan Manuel, Lord of Villena, son of Ferdinand III
  3. Peter (1240–1285), successor in Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia
  4. James (1243–1311), successor in Balearics and Languedoc
  5. Ferdinand (1245–1250)
  6. Sancho (1246–1251)
  7. Isabella (1247–1271), married Philip III of France
  8. Mary (1248–1267), nun
  9. Sancho, Archbishop of Toledo (1250–1279)
  10. Eleanor (born 1251, died young)

James married thirdly Teresa Gil de Vidaure, but only by a private document, and left her when she developed leprosy.

  1. James (c.1255–1285), lord of Xèrica
  2. Peter (1259–1318), lord of Ayerbe

The children in the third marriage were recognised in his last Will as being in the line of Succession to the Throne, should the senior lines fail.

James also had several lovers, both during and after his marriages, and a few bore him illegitimate sons.

By Blanca d'Antillón:

  1. Ferran Sanchis (or Fernando Sánchez; 1240–1275), baron of Castro

By Berenguela Fernández:

  1. Pedro Fernández, baron of Híjar

By Elvira Sarroca:

  1. Jaume Sarroca (born 1248), Archbishop of Huesca

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