Margarida of Prades
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Margaret of Prades was the queen consort
of King Martin I of Aragon
.
She was the daughter of Peter of Aragon, Baron of Entenza (1352–1395) and his wife Joan of Cabrera.
On 17 September 1409, Margaret married Martin I of Aragon
, a second cousin of her father. The bride was about fourteen years old and the groom fifty-three. Martin had survived all his legitimate children from his first marriage with Maria de Luna
and was in need of a legitimate heir of his own.
On 31 March 1410, Martin I died after six months of marriage. They had no children. His death led to a two-year interregnum
, which was ended by the Pact of Caspe, in which Ferdinand I of Aragon
, infante of Castile
's House of Trastámara
, younger son of his sister Eleanor of Aragon, was chosen as the next king from among at least five contenders.
Margaret of Prades remained a widow for about four years. She married her second husband John of Vilaragut in 1415. In secret, she gave birth to a son in 1416, whose name was Joan Jeroni de Vilaragut (1416–1452). John of Vilaragut died in 1422. Margaret entered the monastery of Bonrepòs
. She died in 1429.
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...
of King Martin I of Aragon
Martin I of Aragon
Martin of Aragon , called the Elder, the Humane, the Ecclesiastic, was the King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia, and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409...
.
She was the daughter of Peter of Aragon, Baron of Entenza (1352–1395) and his wife Joan of Cabrera.
On 17 September 1409, Margaret married Martin I of Aragon
Martin I of Aragon
Martin of Aragon , called the Elder, the Humane, the Ecclesiastic, was the King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia, and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409...
, a second cousin of her father. The bride was about fourteen years old and the groom fifty-three. Martin had survived all his legitimate children from his first marriage with Maria de Luna
Maria de Luna
Maria de Luna , was a queen consort of Aragon, as the spouse of King Martin I of Aragon. She was known as "La Grande" , and is regarded as one of the most notable queens in Aragon...
and was in need of a legitimate heir of his own.
On 31 March 1410, Martin I died after six months of marriage. They had no children. His death led to a two-year interregnum
Interregnum
An interregnum is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order...
, which was ended by the Pact of Caspe, in which Ferdinand I of Aragon
Ferdinand I of Aragon
Ferdinand I called of Antequera and also the Just or the Honest) was king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica and king of Sicily, duke of Athens and Neopatria, and count of Barcelona, Roussillon and Cerdanya...
, infante of Castile
Crown of Castile
The Crown of Castile was a medieval and modern state in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then King Ferdinand III of Castile to the vacant Leonese throne...
's House of Trastámara
Trastámara
The House of Trastámara was a dynasty of kings in the Iberian Peninsula, which first governed in Castile beginning in 1369 before expanding its rule into Aragón, Navarre and Naples.They were a cadet illegitimate line of the House of Burgundy....
, younger son of his sister Eleanor of Aragon, was chosen as the next king from among at least five contenders.
Margaret of Prades remained a widow for about four years. She married her second husband John of Vilaragut in 1415. In secret, she gave birth to a son in 1416, whose name was Joan Jeroni de Vilaragut (1416–1452). John of Vilaragut died in 1422. Margaret entered the monastery of Bonrepòs
Bonrepos
Bonrepos is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*...
. She died in 1429.
Ancestry
External links
- A listing of descendants of the House of Barcelona
- http://libro.uca.edu/montcada/montcada.htm