Violant or Violante of Aragon, also known as Yolanda of Aragon (8 June 1236 [citation needed] – 1301), was Queen consort of Castile and León from 1252 to 1284 as the wife of King Alfonso X of Castile.. Life. Violant was born in Zaragoza, the daughter of King James I of Aragon (1213–1276) and his second wife, Yolande of Hungary (ca.1215-1253). Her maternal grandparents were …

Beatrice of Provence (c. 1229 – 23 September 1267), was ruling Countess of Provence and Forcalquier from 1245 until her death, as well as Countess of Anjou and Maine, Queen of Sicily and Naples by marriage to Charles I of Naples.. She was the fourth and youngest daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and Forcalquier by his wife Beatrice, in turn daughter …

Life. Marie married Charles, Duke of Calabria, in 1323 when she was only fourteen years of age.Charles married her after the death of his first wife, Catherine of Habsburg, who had died without bearing Charles any children.Marie earned the gratitude of the genteel women in Florence when she persuaded her husband to allow them to wear what they could afford.

Gisela of Hungary (aged about 11) was married to Stephen I of Hungary (aged about 21) in 996. 11th century. Hedwig of France (aged about 13) was married to Renauld I, Count of Nevers, in 1016. Adela of Normandy married the future Stephen, Count of Blois (aged around 35-38), between 1080 and 1083, around the time of her 15th birthday.

Catherine was born at the Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares near Madrid, in the early hours of 16 December 1485. She was the youngest surviving child of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. Catherine was quite short in stature with long red hair, wide blue eyes, a round face, and a fair complexion. She was descended, on her maternal side, from the …

Life Early life. Maria was born at Córdoba on 29 June 1482 as the third surviving daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (the Catholic monarchs).She was the fourth of their five surviving children, and had a stillborn twin (the sources differ on the gender of Maria's twin). Like her sisters, she was given a thorough education, not only in household tasks but also in ...

Biography. Eleanor's father died when she was 14 years old. Her mother eventually arranged her marriage to the future King Edward of Portugal, which happened on 22 September 1428.They had nine children, of whom five survived to adulthood.

Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), historically known as Joanna the Mad (Spanish: Juana la Loca), was the nominal Queen of Castile from 1504 and Queen of Aragon from 1516 to her death in 1555. She was married by arrangement to Philip the Handsome, Archduke of Austria of the House of Habsburg, on 20 October 1496. Following the deaths of her brother, John, …

A queen mother is a former queen, often a queen dowager, who is the mother of the reigning monarch. The term has been used in English since the early 1560s. It arises in hereditary monarchies in Europe and is also used to describe a number of similar yet distinct monarchical concepts in non-European cultures around the world. "The Queen Mother" usually, in English, …

Isabella of France (c. 1295 – 22 August 1358), sometimes described as the She-Wolf of France (French: Louve de France), was Queen of England as the wife of King Edward II, and regent of England from 1327 until 1330. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre.Isabella was notable in her lifetime for her …