Teresa d'Entença (c. 1300 – 20 October 1327) was the eldest daughter of Gombau d'Entença and his wife Constança d'Antillón. She was Countess of Urgell in her own right; however, control over her estate passed to her husband,
Alfonso IV of Aragon.
Biography
Before dying childless at
La Llitera
La Litera () or La Llitera () ( an, A Litera) is an Aragonese comarca in the south-east of the province of Huesca.
Its cultural capital is Tamarite de Litera, its administrative capital is Binefar and it borders the comarques of Ribagorza, Somo ...
, Teresa's granduncle
Ermengol X of Urgell agreed to make Alfonso heir to the County of Urgell, on the condition that Alfonso marry Teresa, who was his rightful heir. Alfonso agreed to this and he married Teresa in 1314 in the Cathedral of
Lerida
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Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...
. Alfonso is reputed to have been so liberal in the expenses during the wedding, that the local counsels imposed restrictions on how much he could spend.
Teresa died whilst giving birth to her son Sancho on 20 October 1327 at
Zaragoza, only days before her husband became king of Aragon. She is buried at Zaragoza Franciscan Church.
[Medieval Lands] Her younger son James inherited
Urgell.
Issue
Alfonso and Teresa were married for thirteen years, and had seven children:
* Alfonso (1315–1317)
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Constance
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Places
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*Constance Bay, Ottawa, Canada
* Constance, Kentucky
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* Mount Constance, Washington State
People
* Consta ...
(1318–1346), married in 1336 to
James III of Majorca
James III ( – ), known as James the Rash (or the Unfortunate), was King of Majorca from 1324 to 1344. He was the son of Ferdinand of Majorca and Isabella of Sabran.
Life
James was born in Catania, Sicily. Margaret of Villehardouin, James's ...
.
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Peter IV (1319–1387), successor.
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James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347), also inherited Entença and Antillon.
* Isabella (1323–1327).
* Fadrique (1325-died young).
* Sancho (1327), lived only a few days.
See also
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House of Entença
The House of Entença was an ancient and noble dynasty of the Crown of Aragon.
History
The Entença noble family originated in the town of Entença, town, Entença in La Franja, presently in Aragon, around the 11th century.
Later, in the 13th c ...
Ancestry
References
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1300 births
1327 deaths
Deaths in childbirth
House of Aragon
Counts of Urgell
Aragonese queen consorts
Countesses of Barcelona
14th-century Catalan people
14th-century Spanish women