Marriages and Children
Aragonese and Valencian Royalty House of Barcelona |
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Alfonso II |
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Peter II |
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James I |
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Peter III (I of Valencia and Sicily) |
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Alfonso III (I of Valencia) |
James II (I of Sicily) |
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Alfonso IV (II of Valencia) |
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Peter IV (II of Valencia) |
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John I |
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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:
- 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:
- Yolanda, also known as Violant, (1236–1301), married Alfonso X of Castile
- Constance (1239–1269), married Juan Manuel, Lord of Villena, son of Ferdinand III
- Peter (1240–1285), successor in Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia
- James (1243–1311), successor in Balearics and Languedoc
- Ferdinand (1245–1250)
- Sancho (1246–1251)
- Isabella (1247–1271), married Philip III of France
- Mary (1248–1267), nun
- Sancho, Archbishop of Toledo (1250–1279)
- 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.
- James (c.1255–1285), lord of Xèrica
- 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:
- Ferran Sanchis (or Fernando Sánchez; 1240–1275), baron of Castro
By Berenguela Fernández:
- Pedro Fernández, baron of Híjar
By Elvira Sarroca:
- Jaume Sarroca (born 1248), Archbishop of Huesca
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