Maria of Aragon, Lady of Cameros explained

Maria of Aragon
Infanta of Aragon
Succession:Lady of Cameros
Reign:1310 - 1319
Birth Date:c. 1299
Death Date:1347
Death Place:Villanueva de Sigena
Burial Place:Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena
Consort:yes
Spouse:Peter of Castile, Lord of Cameros
Issue:Blanche of Castile
House:Barcelona
Father:James II of Aragon
Mother:Blanche of Anjou

Maria of Aragon ( - 1347 in Sijena) was a daughter of James II of Aragon and his second wife Blanche of Anjou.

She married Peter of Castile, Lord of Cameros (1290–1319), son of Sancho IV of Castile. Three years after his death, she became a nun in the Order of the Hospital in Tortosa.[1]

Her daughter, Blanche of Castile (1319–1375), was betrothed to Peter I of Portugal but the marriage never took place. Maria died at Sijena in 1347.

Notes and References

  1. Hernández Cabrera . María Soledad . 2002 . La celda del convento una habitación propia. La vivencia de la clausura en la comunidad de dominicas de Montesión . Duoda: Revista d'estudis feministes . es . 22 . 19–40 . Dialnet.