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Yolanda de Aragon
Sign in to saveAlso known as Violante, Violant, Queen, consort of Louis II, King of Naples Yolande d'Aragon, Yolande d', Queen, consort of Louis II, King of Naples Aragon, Queen consort of Louis II, King of Naples Yolande, Yolande of Aragon
Infanta de Aragon, titular queen consort of Naples, French noble (1384-1442)
Key facts
- Tenure
- 2 December 1400 – 29 April 1417
- Born
- 11 August 1381, Zaragoza , Kingdom of Aragon
- Died
- 14 November 1442 (1442-11-14) (aged 61), Saumur , France
- Burial
- Cathédrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers , France
- Spouse
- Louis II of Anjou ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1400 )
- Issue
- Louis III, Duke of Anjou Marie, Queen of France René, King of Naples Yolande, Countess of Montfort l'Amaury Charles, Count of Maine
- House
- Barcelona
- Father
- John I of Aragon
- Mother
- Violant of Bar
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Barcelona
- Place of death
- Saumur
- Spouse
- Louis II of Naples
- Father
- John I of Aragon
- Mother
- Violant of Bar
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- queen consort
- Religion
- Christianity
- Family
- Royal house of Aragon
- Image
- Yolande of Aragon.jpg
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- Commons category
- Yolande of Aragon
- date of death
- 1442-11-14
- date of birth
- 1384-08-11
- place of burial
- Angers Cathedral
- different from
- Violant of Aragon
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Encyclopedic overview
Yolande of Aragon (11 August 1381 – 14 November 1442) was Duchess of Anjou and Countess of Provence by marriage, who acted as regent of Provence during the minority of her son. She was also known as Yolanda de Aragón and Violant d'Aragó. Tradition holds that she commissioned the famous Rohan Hours.
Family and marriage
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yolanda de Aragon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.