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Tomb of Violant d'Hongria

Vallbona de les Monges, Urgell, Lleida

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Tomb of Violant d'Hongria

Historical milestone · Vallbona de les Monges, Urgell, Lleida

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Yolanda of Hungary, a princess of the Hungarian royal house born around 1216 in Esztergom, married Jaume I the Conqueror in 1235 in Barcelona Cathedral, of whom she was the second wife and one of his most influential advisors: she took part in agreements such as the Treaty of Almirra with Castile and in the capitulations for the surrender of Valencia, a city she entered triumphantly alongside the king in 1238. Among the nine or ten children the couple had, Pedro the Great, future king of Aragon, and Jaime II, future king of Mallorca, stand out. Yolanda died in Huesca on 12 October 1251 and chose as her burial place the Cistercian monastery of Vallbona, where she was buried that same year alongside her daughter, the infanta Yolanda of Aragon.

1251

Photo: Josep Renalias (CC BY-SA 2.5)

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