Violant of Hungary
Queen consort of Aragon
Tenure	1235-1253
Spouse	James I of Aragon
Issue
Yolanda, Queen of Castile Constance, Infanta Juan Manuel of Castile Peter III of Aragon James II of Majorca Isabella, Queen of France
House	House of Arpad House of Aragon
Father	Andrew II of Hungary
Mother	Yolanda de Courtenay
Born	1215
Died	1251 (aged 36)?
Burial	monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona, Lleida

Violant of Hungary (Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary, c. 1216 – 1253) was Queen consort of James I of Aragon. She is also called Jolánta in Hungarian, Iolanda or Violant d'Hongria in Catalan and Yolanda or Violante de Hungría in Spanish.

Family

Violant was a daughter of Andrew II of Hungary and Violant of Courtenay. Her paternal grandparents were Béla III of Hungary and his first wife Agnes of Antioch. Her maternal grandparents were Peter II of Courtenay and his second wife Yolanda of Flanders.

Violant was a half-sister of Anne Marie, Empress of Bulgaria, Béla IV of Hungary, Saint Elisabeth of Hungary and Coloman of Lodomeria.

Violant's mother died in 1233, when Violant was seventeen years old. Her father remarried, to Beatrice d'Este, they had a son called Stephen.

Marriage

Violant married James I in 1235, being his second wife. By the marriage, Violant became Queen Consort of Aragon. James already had one son, Alfonso by his first marriage to Eleanor of Castile. James however divorced Eleanor and decided to remarry, he chose Violant.¹²

James and Violant had ten children:

1. Violant of Aragon (1236-1301), queen of Castile by her marriage to Alphonse X.
2. Constance of Aragon (1239-1269), infanta of Castile by her marriage to Juan Manuel of Castile, son of Ferdinand III of Castile.
3. Peter III of Aragon (1240-1285).
4. James II of Majorca (1243-1311).
5. Ferdinand of Aragon (1245-1250).
6. Sancha of Aragon (1246-1251).
7. Isabella of Aragon (1247-1271), married Philip III of France
8. Maria of Aragon (1248-1267), nun.
9. Sancho, Archbishop of Toledo (1250-1275)
10. Eleanor of Aragon (1251-?, young)

Violant's daughter, Isabella became Queen of France by her marriage to Philip III of France. Isabella was mother of Philip IV of France and Charles of Valois.

Charles of Valois was father of Philip VI of France, Isabella, Duchess of Bourbon and Blanche, Queen of Germany.

Violant died in 1253. Violant and her daughter Sancha's remains are at the Real Monasterio de Santa Maria de Vallbona in Vallbona de les Monges, Catalonia.

Her husband remarried one more time, to Teresa Gil de Vidaure, who was once James' mistress.

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