Eleanor of Aragon (20 February 1358 – 13 August 1382) was a daughter of King
Peter IV of Aragon
Peter IV, ; an, Pero, ; es, Pedro, . In Catalan, he may also be nicknamed ''el del punyalet'': "he of the little dagger". (Catalan: ''Pere IV''; 5 September 1319 – 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (Catalan: ''el Cerimoniós''), w ...
and his wife
Eleanor of Sicily
Eleanor of Sicily (1325–1375) was Queen of Aragon from 1349 until 1375 as the third wife of King Peter IV.
Early life
Eleanor was the daughter of Peter II of Sicily and Elisabeth of Carinthia. She was the second of eight children, six of who ...
. She was a member of the
House of Barcelona 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
Constance I ( it, Costanza; 2 November 1154 – 27 November 1198) was reigning Queen of Sicily from 1194–98, jointly with her spouse from 1194 to 1197, and with her infant son Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1198, as the heiress of th ...
,
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
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to s ...
and
Castile agreed at
Almazán on the 12 April 1374 and at
Lleida
Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida.
Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, a ...
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 (27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416), became
King of Aragon
This is a list of the kings and queens of Aragon. The Kingdom of Aragon was created sometime between 950 and 1035 when the County of Aragon, which had been acquired by the Kingdom of Navarre in the tenth century, was separated from Navarre ...
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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