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Eleanor of Aragon
A statue of Queen Eleanor praying at her Sepulcher
Queen consort of Castile and León
Tenure	1379–1382
Born	20 February 1358 Santa Maria del Puig
Died	13 August 1382(1382-08-13) (aged 24) Cuéllar
Spouse	John I of Castile
Issue	Henry III of Castile Ferdinand I of Aragon Eleanor
House	Barcelona
Father	Peter IV of Aragon
Mother	Eleanor of Sicily

Eleanor of Aragon (20 February 1358 – 13 August 1382) was a daughter of King Peter IV of Aragon and his wife Eleanor of Sicily. She was a member of the House of Barcelona and Queen of Castile by her marriage.

Family

Eleanor was the youngest child and only daughter of her father by his third marriage. Eleanor was a sister of John I of Aragon and Martin of Aragon. She was a half-sister of Constance, Queen of Sicily, Joanna, Countess of Ampurias and Isabella, Countess of Urgell.

Marriage

At Soria on the 18 June 1375, Eleanor married John I of Castile. Her marriage was arranged as part of the arrangements for peace between Aragon and Castile agreed at Almazán on the 12 April 1374 and at Lleida on the 10 May 1375.

Eleanor and John were married for seven years, in which time they had three children:

1. Henry (4 October 1379 – 25 December 1406), succeeded his father as King of Castile
2. Ferdinand (27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416), became King of Aragon in 1412
3. Eleanor (b. 13 August 1382), died young

After seven years of marriage on 13 August 1382, Eleanor died giving birth to her daughter and namesake Eleanor, who died young. Eleanor's son Ferdinand later claimed his mother's rights on the Kingdom of Aragon when both of Eleanor's brothers died without surviving sons.

• Coat of arms and shield of Eleanor of Aragon as Queen Consort of Castile

References

1. ^ Previté-Orton 1960, p. 767.
2. Louda & MacLagan 1999, table 46.

Sources

• Previté-Orton, Charles William (1960). The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press.
• Louda, Jirí; MacLagan, Michael (1999), Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (2nd ed.), London: Little, Brown and Company

v t e Royal consorts of León
Astur-Leonese house	Jimena of Pamplona Muniadona Nuñez Elvira Menéndez Aragonta Gonzalez Sancha Sánchez of Pamplona Urraca Oneca Sánchez of Pamplona Urraca Sánchez of Pamplona Urraca Fernández Teresa Ansúrez Sancha Gómez of Saldaña Velasquita Ramírez Elvira of Castile Elvira Menéndez Urraca Garcés of Pamplona Jimena Sánchez of Navarre
House of Jiménez	Sancha of León Agnes of Aquitaine Constance of Burgundy
House of Burgundy	Berengaria of Barcelona Richeza of Poland Urraca of Portugal Teresa Fernández de Traba Urraca López de Haro Theresa of Portugal Berengaria of Castile Elisabeth of Swabia Joan of Dammartin Violant of Aragon María de Molina Constance of Portugal Constanza Manuel Maria of Portugal Blanche of Bourbon
House of Trastámara	Juana Manuel Eleanor of Aragon Beatrice of Portugal Catherine of Lancaster Maria of Aragon Isabella of Portugal Joan of Portugal
House of Habsburg	Isabella of Portugal

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