JAMES I, KING OF ARAGON

BIRTH: 2 Feb 1207 in Montpellier, Herault, France
DEATH: 27 Jul 1276 in Valencia, Valencia Provence, Spain
BURIAL: Cathedral of Tarragona, Tarragona Provence, Catalonia, Spain
FATHER: Pedro "Peter" II of ARAGON - Birth: 1176 in Aragon, Spain
Death: 14 Sep 1213 in Murat, Allier, France
MOTHER: Marie of MONTPELLIER - Birth: 1182 in Montpellier, Herault, France
Death: 21 Apr 1213 in Rome, Italy
FIRST MARRIAGE: 1221 - Eleanor of CASTILE in Agreda, Soria Provence, Castile and León, Spain
Birth: 1202 in Burgos, Burgos, Spain
(Marriage was annuled in 1230)
CHILDREN:
1. Alfonso of ARAGON - Birth: 1229 in Aragon, Spain - Death: 1260
SECOND MARRIAGE: 8 Sep 1235 - Yolanda of HUNGARY in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain Birth: 1213 in Esztergom, Hungary
Death: 12 Oct 1257 in Huesca, Spain
CHILDREN:
2. Constance of ARAGON - Birth: 1239 in Montpellier, Herault, France - Death: 1269
3. Pedro "Peter" III of ARAGON - Birth: 1240 Montpellier, Herault, France - Death: 1285
4. James of ARAGON - Birth: 1243 in Montpellier, Herault, France - Death: 1311
5. Ferdinand of ARAGON - Birth: 1245 in Montpellier, Herault, France
Death: 1250 in Montpellier, Herault, France
6. Sancha of ARAGON - Birth: 1246 in Montpellier, Herault, France
Death: 1251 in Montpellier, Herault, France
7. Violante Yolanda of ARAGON - Birth: 1247 in Montpellier, Herault, France
8. Mary of ARAGON - Birth: 1248 in Montpellier, Herault, France - Death: 1267
9. Isabella of ARAGON - Birth: 1249 in Montpellier, Herault, France
Death: 29 Jan 1271 in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
10. Sancho of ARAGON - Birth: 1250 in Montpellier, Herault, France - Death: 1279
11. Eleanor of ARAGON - Birth: 1251 in Montpellier, Herault, France - Died Young

THIRD MARRIAGE: About 1254 - Teresa Gil de VIDAURE
CHILDREN:
12. James Lord-of-XERICA - Birth: 1255 - Death: 1285
13. Peter Lord-of-AYERBE - Birth: 1259 - Death: 1318
MISTRESS: Abt. 1239 - Blanca d'ANTILLON
CHILD:
14. Fernando SANCHEZ "Ferran Sanchis", Baron of Castro - Birth: 1240 - Death: 1275

SECOND MISTRESS: Abt 1243 - Berenguela FERNANDEZ
CHILD:
15. Pedro FERNANDEZ, Baron of Híjar - Birth: Abt 1244

THIRD MISTRESS: Abt 1247 - Elvira SARROCA
CHILD:
16. Jaume SARROCA, Archbishop of Huesca - Birth: 1248

SOURCES:
Burns, R. Ignatius. “Journey from Islam: Incipient Cultural Transition in the Conquered Kingdom of Valencia (1240-1280).” Speculum 35.3 (1960): 337-356.
Chaytor, H. J. A History of Aragon and Catalonia. London: Methuen, 1933.
The Chronicle Of James I Of Aragon, full online book
James I of Aragon, based on 1911's Enycyclopaedia Britannica
Medieval Sourcebook, e-text of James's grant of trade privileges to Barcelona, 1232, freeing the city from tolls and imposts with his realms
The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror, Robert I. Burns, S.J., ed.
The Crusader Kingdom of Valencia, Robert Ignatius Burns, S.J.
James I, at Find-A-Grave
The Barcelona Maritime Code of 1258, written by James I

The life and times of James the first, book by Francis Darwin Swift

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