Constance of Aragon (1318–

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, 1346) was Queen of Majorca as the wife of King James III. She was the eldest daughter of

Alfonso IV of Aragon Alfonso IV (2 November 1299 – 24 January 1336), called the Kind (also ''the Gentle'' or ''the Nice'', ), was King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona (as Alfons III) from 1327 to his death. His reign saw the incorporation of the County of Urgell ...

and his first wife,

Teresa d'Entença 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 Ar ...

. James III wished to have friendly relations with Aragon, and thus married Constance in

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on 24 September 1336. In 1342, he refused to take the oath of fealty to Constance's brother,

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 ...

. James and Constance had two children: #

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(c. 1336 – January 20, 1375), pretender to the throne of Majorca #

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(1337–1406), pretender to the throne of Majorca In a short war (1343–44), James (and allegedly Constance) was driven out of Majorca by Peter, who annexed the

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to the

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. Two years later, Constance died in

. She was outlived by James and her two children. Her husband remarried the following year to

Violante of Vilaragut Violante of Vilaragut (1320 or 1325 – before 1372) was a daughter of Berengeur de Vilaragut and his second wife Saura, who was an illegitimate daughter of James II of Majorca. Violante was titular queen of Majorca by her marriage to her cousin ...

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