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Persoonlijke gegevens Eleanor of Sicily, Queen of Aragon 

• Zij is geboren in het jaar 1325 in Sicily.
• Zij is overleden in het jaar 1375 in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, zij was toen 50 jaar oud.

Gezin van Eleanor of Sicily, Queen of Aragon

Zij had een relatie met Peter IV "The Ceremonius" of Aragon, King of Aragon.

Kind(eren):

1. Eleanore of Aragon, Queen of Castille  1358-1382 

Notities over Eleanor of Sicily, Queen of Aragon

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.
Marriage

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 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.

Eleanor and Peter had four children:

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
Martin I of Aragon (1356–1410),[1] succeeded John but had no surviving issue
Eleanor (1358–1382), who married John I of Castile[1] and was the mother of Ferdinand I of Aragon.
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.

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.

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.

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