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
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 ...
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Biography
Before dying childless at
La Llitera, Teresa's granduncle
Ermengol X of Urgell
Ermengol X (1254–1314) was the Count of Urgel and Viscount of Àger from 1268 to 1314. He was the son of Álvaro of Urgell and his second wife, Cecilia, daughter of Roger-Bernard II of Foix.
Ermengol inherited Urgel at the age of fourteen up ...
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. 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
Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the ...
, only days before her husband became king of Aragon. She is buried at Zaragoza Franciscan Church. Her younger son James inherited
Urgell
Urgell (), also known as ''Baix Urgell'' (''baix'' meaning "lower", by contrast with Alt Urgell "Upper Urgell"), is a ''comarca'' (county) in Ponent, Catalonia (Spain), forming only a borderland portion of the region historically known as Urgel ...
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Issue
Alfonso and Teresa were married for thirteen years, and had seven children:
* Alfonso (1315–1317)
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Constance
Constance may refer to:
Places
* Constance, Kentucky, United States, an unincorporated community
* Constance, Minnesota, United States, an unincorporated community
* Mount Constance, Washington State, United States
* Lake Constance (disambiguat ...
(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, Jame ...
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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
References
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1300s births
1327 deaths
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House of Aragon
Counts of Urgell
Queens consort of Aragon
14th-century Catalan people
14th-century Spanish nobility
14th-century Spanish women
Mothers of Aragonese monarchs
Mothers of Sardinian monarchs