Eleanor of Aragon (20 February 1358 – 13 August 1382) was the daughter of King
Peter IV of Aragon
Peter IV (Catalan: ''Pere IV d'Aragó;'' Aragonese; ''Pero IV d'Aragón;'' 5 September 1319 – 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (Catalan: ''El Cerimoniós''; Aragonese: ''el Ceremonioso''), was from 1336 until his death the king of ...
and
Eleanor of Sicily. She was a member of the
House of Barcelona
The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 (as kings from 1162) until 1410. They descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wilfred the Hairy. Th ...
and
Queen of Castile by her marriage.
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Family
Eleanor was the youngest child and only daughter of her father by his third marriage. Eleanor was a sister of
John I of Aragon and
Martin of Aragon. She was a half-sister of
Constance, Queen of Sicily,
Joanna, Countess of Ampurias and
Isabella, Countess of Urgell.
Marriage
At
Soria on the 18 June 1375, Eleanor married
John I of Castile. Her marriage was arranged as part of the arrangements for peace between
Aragon
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and
Castile agreed at
Almazán on the 12 April 1374 and at
Lleida
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on the 10 May 1375.
Eleanor and John were married for seven years, in which time they had three children:
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Henry (4 October 1379 – 25 December 1406), succeeded his father as
King of Castile
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Ferdinand
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(27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416), became
King of Aragon
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in 1412
#Eleanor (b. 13 August 1382), died young
After seven years of marriage on 13 August 1382, Eleanor died giving birth to her daughter and namesake Eleanor, who died young. Eleanor's son Ferdinand later claimed his mother's rights on the Kingdom of Aragon when both of Eleanor's brothers died without surviving sons.
File:Coat of Arms of Eleanor of Aragon as Queen of Castile.svg, Coat of arms and shield of Eleanor of Aragon as Queen Consort of Castile
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