Joanna of Aragon, Countess of Ampurias

Joanna of Aragon
Tomb of Joanna
Countess consort of Ampurias
Tenure	1373-1385
Born	7 November 1344 Barcelona
Died	1385 Castellón, Ampurias
Burial	Poblet Monastery
Spouse	John I, Count of Ampurias
Issue	John II, Count of Ampurias Peter, Count of Ampurias
House	House of Barcelona
Father	Peter IV of Aragon
Mother	Maria of Navarre
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Joanna of Aragon (Barcelona 7 November 1344-Castellón, Ampurias 1385^[1]) was the second child of Peter IV of Aragon and his first wife Maria of Navarre. She was an Infanta of Aragon by birth and Countess of Ampurias by her marriage. She was a member of the House of Aragon.

Marriage

On the 19 June 1373, Joanna married John I, Count of Ampurias. This was his second marriage after the death of his first wife Blanche of Sicily. Joanna was twenty-nine at the time of the marriage, she was considered an older bride.

Many members of her family showed dislike to her father's fourth wife Queen Sibila, due to her low ranking birth and her family's interference at court. Joanna's husband John came into conflict with Sibila, and then rebelled against Joanna's father.^[2] The marriage of Peter and Sibila also led to a strain between himself and his three surviving children: Joanna, John and Martin.^[3]

Joanna and John were married for twelve years, in this time they had two sons:

1. John (1375–1401), succeeded his father as Count of Ampurias
2. Peter (d.1402), succeeded his brother, however only reigned for a year.

Joanna died aged forty or forty-one in 1385. Her husband died thirteen years later in 1398. She is buried at Poblet Monastery.^[4]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Joanna of Aragon, Countess of Ampurias

16. Peter III of Aragon               8. James II of Aragon                       17. Constance of Aragon               4. Alfonso IV of Aragon                             18. Charles II of Naples               9. Blanche of Anjou                       19. Maria of Hungary               2. Peter IV of Aragon                                   10. Gombaldo, Baron of Enteça                       5. Teresa d'Entença                             22. Sancho, Baron de Antillón               11. Constanza de Antillòn                       23. Leonor of Urgell               1. Joanna of Aragon                                         24. Philip III of France               12. Louis d'Évreux                       25. Maria of Brabant               6. Philip III of Navarre                             26. Philip of Artois               13. Margaret of Artois                       27. Blanche of Artois               3. Maria of Navarre                                   28. Philip IV of France               14. Louis X of France                       29. Joan I of Navarre               7. Joan II of Navarre                             30. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy               15. Margaret of Burgundy                       31. Agnes of France

References

1. ARAGON, Medieval Lands
2. Medieval Lands
3. E. Albertí, ladies, queens, abbesses: Eighteen female figures in medieval Catalonia, Barcelona, Alberto, 2007.
4. Medieval Lands