James I (1321 – 15 November 1347), the eighteenth
Count of Urgell, was the fourth son of
Alfonso IV King of Aragon and
Teresa d'Entença & Cabrera, 17th Countess of Urgell.
Biography
James was born in
Zaragoza in 1321. His older brother,
Peter, inherited the
Kingdom of Aragon
The Kingdom of Aragon ( an, Reino d'Aragón, ca, Regne d'Aragó, la, Regnum Aragoniae, es, Reino de Aragón) was a medieval and early modern kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding to the modern-day autonomous community of Aragon, ...
. James inherited his mother's title.
He married Cecilia de Comminges (1321–1381), the daughter of
Bernard VIII, Count of Comminges and Viscount of Turenne, in 1336 in Catalonia. They had two children,
Pedro 19th Conde of Urgel and Isabel.
James is believed to have been poisoned by his brother Peter in
Barcelona.
References
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1321 births
1347 deaths
People from Zaragoza
Counts of Urgell
14th-century people from the Kingdom of Aragon
Aragonese infantes
Sons of kings
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