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{{Short description|Queen of Aragon from 1325 to 1375}}
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| caption = Tomb of Peter IV of Aragon and Eleanor of Sicily (detail)
| reign = 1349–1375
| reign = 27 August 1349 – 20 April 1375
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| issue = [[John I, King of Aragon]]<br>[[Martin, King of Aragon]]<br>[[Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile|Eleanor, Queen of Castile]]<br>Alfonso
| house = [[House of Barcelona]]
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| father = [[Peter II of Sicily]]
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'''Eleanor of Sicily''' (1325–1375) was [[Queen consort of Aragon|Queen of Aragon]] from 1349 until 1375 as the third wife of [[Peter IV of Aragon|King Peter IV]].{{sfn|Hulme|1915|p=561}}
'''Eleanor of Sicily''' (1325–1375) was [[Queen consort of Aragon|Queen of Aragon]] from 1349 until 1375 as the third wife of [[Peter IV of Aragon|King Peter IV]].{{sfn|Hulme|1915|p=561}}


== Early life and family ==
== Early life ==
Eleanor was the daughter of [[Peter II of Sicily]]{{sfn|Hulme|1915|p=561}} and [[Elisabeth of Carinthia]].{{sfn|Jaspert|2019|p=118}} She was the second of eight children, six of whom survived to adulthood.
Eleanor was the daughter of [[Peter II of Sicily]]{{sfn|Hulme|1915|p=561}} and [[Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Sicily|Elisabeth of Carinthia]].{{sfn|Jaspert|2019|p=118}} She was the second of eight children, six of whom survived to adulthood.


== Marriage ==
== Queen of Aragon ==
[[File:Coat of Arms of Eleanor of Sicily, Queen of Aragon.svg|thumb|left|150px|Coat of arms of Queen Eleanor]]
[[File:Coat of Arms of Eleanor of Sicily, Queen of Aragon.svg|thumb|150px|Coat of arms of Queen Eleanor]]
Eleanor married in [[Valencia]] on 27 August 1349 to [[Peter IV of Aragon]], on the condition that he renounce all rights to any Sicilian Crown. He was twice-widowed, had two surviving daughters: [[Constance of Aragon, Queen of Sicily|Constance]] and [[Joanna of Aragon, Countess of Ampurias|Joanna]] but no surviving sons.
Eleanor married in [[Valencia]] on 27 August 1349 to [[Peter IV of Aragon]],{{efn|Kagay states she was married in August, no date given.{{sfn|Kagay|2021|p=94}}}} on the condition that he renounce all rights to any Sicilian Crown. He was twice-widowed, had two surviving daughters: [[Constance of Aragon, Queen of Sicily|Constance]] and [[Joanna of Aragon, Countess of Ampurias|Joanna]] but no surviving sons.


Eleanor became a powerful influence at the Aragonese court, replacing [[Bernardo de Cabrera]] as Peter's chief adviser.
Eleanor became a powerful influence at the Aragonese court, replacing [[Bernardo de Cabrera]] as Peter's chief adviser.


Eleanor's brother [[Frederick III the Simple]], married [[Constance of Aragon (1343–1363)|Constance of Aragon]] (Eleanor's stepdaughter). Frederick and Constance had a daughter, [[Maria, Queen of Sicily|Maria]], but no sons. Then in 1357 Frederick proposed to transfer the duchies of [[Duchy of Athens|Athens]] and [[Duchy of Neopatria|Neopatria]] to Eleanor in return for military help from her husband in Sicily, but was refused.
Eleanor's brother [[Frederick III the Simple]], married [[Constance of Aragon (1343–1363)|Constance of Aragon]] (Eleanor's stepdaughter). Frederick and Constance had a daughter, [[Maria, Queen of Sicily|Maria]], but no sons. Then in 1357 Frederick proposed to transfer the duchies of [[Duchy of Athens|Athens]] and [[Duchy of Neopatria|Neopatria]] to Eleanor in return for military help from her husband in Sicily, but was refused.

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Eleanor and Peter had four children:
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* [[John I of Aragon]] (1350–1396), succeeded his father and was father himself of [[Yolande of Aragon]], however he had no male issue so the throne passed to his younger brother
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* [[Martin I of Aragon]] (1356–1410),{{sfn|Hulme|1915|p=561}} succeeded John but had no surviving issue
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* [[Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile|Eleanor]] (1358–1382), who married [[John I of Castile]]{{sfn|Hulme|1915|p=561}} and was the mother of [[Ferdinand I of Aragon]].
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* Alfonso (1362–1364), died young


In 1373 Eleanor's eldest son John married [[Martha of Armagnac]], a calm and conciliatory woman. Eleanor treated Martha as her own daughter.
In 1373 Eleanor's eldest son John married [[Martha of Armagnac]], a calm and conciliatory woman. Eleanor treated Martha as her own daughter.


By 1374, Eleanor founded and patronized the Poor Clares convent at Teruel.{{sfn|Jaspert|2019|p=117-118}} It was furnished with an annual income and a 20,000 ''sous'' construction donation.{{sfn|Jaspert|2019|p=118}} The convent employed 15 to 20 nuns to pray for the souls of her parents.{{sfn|Jaspert|2019|p=118}}
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Upon a royal stay at her home in [[Empordà]], Eleanor made [[Sibila of Fortia]] her lady-in-waiting. This led to an eventful future for the girl.
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Upon a stay at her home in [[Empordà]], Eleanor made [[Sibila of Fortia]] her lady-in-waiting; she eventually married Eleanor's widower.


==Death==
In [[Lérida]] on 20 April 1375, Eleanor died leaving her husband a widower and her three surviving children. Her husband remarried to Sibila, a girl that was over thirty years his junior. Most of the family, including Eleanor's children, came into conflict with Sibila.
In [[Lérida]] on 20 April 1375,{{sfn|Kagay|2021|p=107}} Eleanor died leaving her husband a widower and her three surviving children. Her husband remarried to Sibila, a girl that was over thirty years his junior. Most of the family, including Eleanor's children, came into conflict with Sibila.


==Ancestry==
==Issue==
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Eleanor and Peter had:
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* [[John I of Aragon]] (1350–1396),{{sfn|Matilla|1999|p=46}} succeeded his father and was father himself of [[Yolande of Aragon]], however he had no male issue so the throne passed to his younger brother
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* [[Martin I of Aragon]] (1356–1410),{{sfn|Hulme|1915|p=561}} succeeded John but had no surviving issue
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* [[Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile|Eleanor]] (1358–1382), who married [[John I of Castile]]{{sfn|Hulme|1915|p=561}} and was the mother of [[Ferdinand I of Aragon]].
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* Alfonso (1362–1364), died young
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| 1 = 1. '''Eleanor of Sicily'''
| 2 = 2. [[Peter II of Sicily]]
| 3 = 3. [[Elisabeth of Carinthia]]
| 4 = 4. [[Frederick III of Sicily]]
| 5 = 5. [[Eleanor of Anjou]]
| 6 = 6. [[Otto III of Carinthia]]
| 7 = 7. Euphemia of Legnica
| 8 = 8. [[Peter III of Aragon]]
| 9 = 9. [[Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon|Constance of Sicily]]
|10 = 10. [[Charles II of Naples]]
|11 = 11. [[Maria of Hungary, Queen of Naples|Maria of Hungary]]
|12 = 12. [[Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia]]
|13 = 13. [[Elisabeth of Bavaria (1227–1273)|Elisabeth of Bavaria]]
|14 = 14. [[Henry V, Duke of Legnica]]
|15 = 15. [[Elisabeth of Kalisz]]
|16 = 16. [[James I of Aragon]]
|17 = 17. [[Violant of Hungary]]
|18 = 18. [[Manfred of Sicily]]
|19 = 19. Beatrice of Savoy
|20 = 20. [[Charles I of Naples]]
|21 = 21. [[Beatrice of Provence]]
|22 = 22. [[Stephen V of Hungary]]
|23 = 23. [[Elisabeth the Cuman]]
|24 = 24. [[Meinhard I of Gorizia-Tyrol]]
|25 = 25. Adelaide of Tyrol
|26 = 26. [[Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria]]
|27 = 27. [[Agnes of the Palatinate]]
|28 = 28. [[Bolesław II the Bald]]
|29 = 29. Hedwig daughter of Henry I of Anhalt
|30 = 30. [[Bolesław the Pious]]
|31 = 31. [[Jolenta of Poland]]
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== References ==
== References ==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
*{{cite book |title=The Renaissance, The Protestant Revolution and the Catholic Reformation in Continental Europe |first=Edward Maslin |last=Hulme |publisher=The Century Co. |year=1915 |ref=harv}}
*{{cite book |title=The Renaissance, The Protestant Revolution and the Catholic Reformation in Continental Europe |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924032334736 |first=Edward Maslin |last=Hulme |publisher=The Century Co. |year=1915 }}
*{{cite book |chapter=Testaments, Burials and Bequests. Tracing the 'Franciscanism' of Aragonese Queens and Princesses |first=Nikolas |last=Jaspert |title=Queens, Princesses and Mendicants: Close Relations in a European Perspective |editor-first1=Nikolas |editor-last1=Jaspert |editor-first2=Imke |editor-last2=Just |publisher=LIT Verlag |year=2019 |ref=harv}}
*{{cite book |chapter=Testaments, Burials and Bequests. Tracing the 'Franciscanism' of Aragonese Queens and Princesses |first=Nikolas |last=Jaspert |title=Queens, Princesses and Mendicants: Close Relations in a European Perspective |editor-first1=Nikolas |editor-last1=Jaspert |editor-first2=Imke |editor-last2=Just |publisher=LIT Verlag |year=2019 }}
*{{cite book |title=Elionor of Sicily, 1325–1375: A Mediterranean Queen of Two Worlds |first=Donald J. |last=Kagay |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2021 }}
*{{cite book |title=La Corona de Aragón |first=Enrique Rodríguez-Picavea |last=Matilla |publisher=Ediciones Akal, S.A. |year=1999 |language=es }}
*{{cite book|title=Die Königin im Zentrum der Macht. Reginale Herrschaft in der Krone Aragón am Beispiel Eleonores von Sizilien (1349-1375)|first=Sebastian|last=Roebert|publisher=de Gruyter|year=2020|isbn=978-3-11-064081-6|location=Berlin}}



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Eleanor of Sicily
Tomb of Peter IV of Aragon and Eleanor of Sicily (detail)
Queen consort of Aragon
Tenure27 August 1349 – 20 April 1375
Born1325
Sicily
Died1375 (aged 49–50)
Lleida, Spain
Burial
Monastery of Poblet
Spouse
​
(m. 1349)​
IssueJohn I, King of Aragon
Martin, King of Aragon
Eleanor, Queen of Castile
Alfonso
HouseBarcelona
FatherPeter II of Sicily
MotherElisabeth of Carinthia

Eleanor of Sicily (1325–1375) was Queen of Aragon from 1349 until 1375 as the third wife of King Peter IV.[1]

Early life

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Eleanor was the daughter of Peter II of Sicily[1] and Elisabeth of Carinthia.[2] She was the second of eight children, six of whom survived to adulthood.

Queen of Aragon

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Coat of arms of Queen Eleanor

Eleanor married in Valencia on 27 August 1349 to Peter IV of Aragon,[a] on the condition that he renounce all rights to any Sicilian Crown. He was twice-widowed, had two surviving daughters: Constance and Joanna but no surviving sons.

Eleanor became a powerful influence at the Aragonese court, replacing Bernardo de Cabrera as Peter's chief adviser.

Eleanor's brother Frederick III the Simple, married Constance of Aragon (Eleanor's stepdaughter). Frederick and Constance had a daughter, Maria, but no sons. Then in 1357 Frederick proposed to transfer the duchies of Athens and Neopatria to Eleanor in return for military help from her husband in Sicily, but was refused.

In 1373 Eleanor's eldest son John married Martha of Armagnac, a calm and conciliatory woman. Eleanor treated Martha as her own daughter.

By 1374, Eleanor founded and patronized the Poor Clares convent at Teruel.[4] It was furnished with an annual income and a 20,000 sous construction donation.[2] The convent employed 15 to 20 nuns to pray for the souls of her parents.[2]

Upon a stay at her home in Empordà, Eleanor made Sibila of Fortia her lady-in-waiting; she eventually married Eleanor's widower.

Death

[edit]

In Lérida on 20 April 1375,[5] Eleanor died leaving her husband a widower and her three surviving children. Her husband remarried to Sibila, a girl that was over thirty years his junior. Most of the family, including Eleanor's children, came into conflict with Sibila.

Issue

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Eleanor and Peter had:

Notes

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  1. ^ Kagay states she was married in August, no date given.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Hulme 1915, p. 561.
  2. ^ a b c Jaspert 2019, p. 118.
  3. ^ Kagay 2021, p. 94.
  4. ^ Jaspert 2019, p. 117-118.
  5. ^ Kagay 2021, p. 107.
  6. ^ Matilla 1999, p. 46.

Sources

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  • Hulme, Edward Maslin (1915). The Renaissance, The Protestant Revolution and the Catholic Reformation in Continental Europe. The Century Co.
  • Jaspert, Nikolas (2019). "Testaments, Burials and Bequests. Tracing the 'Franciscanism' of Aragonese Queens and Princesses". In Jaspert, Nikolas; Just, Imke (eds.). Queens, Princesses and Mendicants: Close Relations in a European Perspective. LIT Verlag.
  • Kagay, Donald J. (2021). Elionor of Sicily, 1325–1375: A Mediterranean Queen of Two Worlds. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Matilla, Enrique Rodríguez-Picavea (1999). La Corona de Aragón (in Spanish). Ediciones Akal, S.A.
  • Roebert, Sebastian (2020). Die Königin im Zentrum der Macht. Reginale Herrschaft in der Krone Aragón am Beispiel Eleonores von Sizilien (1349-1375). Berlin: de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-064081-6.


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