Yolanda of Hungary

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Tomb of Yolanda of Hungary

Yolanda of Hungary (also called Violante in Catalonia , * 1219 , † October 9, 1251 in Huesca ) was a Hungarian princess and queen of Aragón .

Life

She was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary from his second marriage to Jolante von Courtenay , the daughter of the Latin Emperor Peter of Constantinople . She was thus a half-sister of Elisabeth of Thuringia (Saint Elisabeth).

As his second wife, she was married to King James I of Aragon . They had ten children.

She died in 1251; her tomb is in the monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona .

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