Eleanor of Sicily
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Eleanor of Sicily (1325–1375) was
Early life
Eleanor was the daughter of
Queen of Aragon
Eleanor married in Valencia on 27 August 1349 to Peter IV of Aragon,[a] on the condition that he renounce all rights to any Sicilian Crown. He was twice-widowed, had two surviving daughters: Constance and Joanna but no surviving sons.
Eleanor became a powerful influence at the Aragonese court, replacing
Eleanor's brother
In 1373 Eleanor's eldest son John married Martha of Armagnac, a calm and conciliatory woman. Eleanor treated Martha as her own daughter.
By 1374, Eleanor founded and patronized the Poor Clares convent at Teruel.[4] It was furnished with an annual income and a 20,000 sous construction donation.[2] The convent employed 15 to 20 nuns to pray for the souls of her parents.[2]
Upon a stay at her home in
Death
In
Issue
Eleanor and Peter had:
- John I of Aragon (1350–1396),[6] succeeded his father and was father himself of Yolande of Aragon, however he had no male issue so the throne passed to his younger brother
- Martin I of Aragon (1356–1410),[1]succeeded John but had no surviving issue
- Eleanor (1358–1382), who married John I of Castile[1] and was the mother of Ferdinand I of Aragon.
- Alfonso (1362–1364), died young
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d Hulme 1915, p. 561.
- ^ a b c Jaspert 2019, p. 118.
- ^ Kagay 2021, p. 94.
- ^ Jaspert 2019, p. 117-118.
- ^ Kagay 2021, p. 107.
- ^ Matilla 1999, p. 46.
Sources
- Hulme, Edward Maslin (1915). The Renaissance, The Protestant Revolution and the Catholic Reformation in Continental Europe. The Century Co.
- Jaspert, Nikolas (2019). "Testaments, Burials and Bequests. Tracing the 'Franciscanism' of Aragonese Queens and Princesses". In Jaspert, Nikolas; Just, Imke (eds.). Queens, Princesses and Mendicants: Close Relations in a European Perspective. LIT Verlag.
- Kagay, Donald J. (2021). Elionor of Sicily, 1325–1375: A Mediterranean Queen of Two Worlds. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Matilla, Enrique Rodríguez-Picavea (1999). La Corona de Aragón (in Spanish). Ediciones Akal, S.A.
- Roebert, Sebastian (2020). Die Königin im Zentrum der Macht. Reginale Herrschaft in der Krone Aragón am Beispiel Eleonores von Sizilien (1349-1375). Berlin: de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-064081-6.
External links
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