Marriages, concubines and children James married four times: —
Isabella of Castile, Viscountess of
Limoges, daughter of
Sancho IV of Castile and his wife
María de Molina. The wedding took place in the city of
Soria, on 1 December 1291 when the bride was only 8 years old. The marriage, which was never consummated, was dissolved and annulled after Pope Boniface VIII refused to granted a dispensation for the marriage. —
Blanche of Anjou, daughter of his family's rival
Charles II of Naples and
Maria of Hungary. They married in the city of
Villabertran, on 29 October or 1 November 1295. They had several children: •
James (b. 29 September 1296 – d.
Tarragona, July 1334). James renounced his right to the throne in 1319 to become a monk. He refused to consummate his marriage to Eleanor of Castille, who later become the second wife of his brother Alfonso. •
Alfonso IV of Aragon (1299 – 24 January 1336). He became the King of Aragon in 1327 and ruled until his death. He married twice: first Teresa d'Entença and then Eleanor of Castile after his first wife died. •
Maria (b. 1299 – d. as a nun in Sijena, 1347), wife of Peter, son of
Sancho IV of Castile. •
Constance (b.
Valencia, 1 April 1300 – d. Castillo de Garcia Munoz, 19 September 1327), wife of
Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, nephew of
Alfonso X of Castile. •
John (b. 1304 – d. Pobo,
Zaragoza, 19 August 1334). John became the first
Archbishop of Toledo and
Tarragona in 1318, and
Patriarch of Alexandria in 1328. •
Isabella of Aragon (b. 1305 – d.
Styria, 12 July 1330), wife of
Frederick I of Austria. •
Peter (b. 1305 – d.
Pisa, 4 November 1381),
Count of Ribagorza,
Empúries and
Prades. Peter married Joan, daughter of
Gaston I of Foix, they were parents to: •
Alphonse (b. 1332 - d. 5/7 March 1412), 1st Duke of Gandia, 1st Marquess of Villena de Castilla, 2nd Count of Ribagorza and Empúries, etc., Constable of Castile, married in 1355 Violante Ximénez de Arenós, daughter of Gonzalo Díez de Arenós, Baron of Arenós, and wife María or Juana de Cornell, had issue • John (b. 1335, d. 1414), 2nd Count of Prades, Seneschal of Catalonia, married his sister-in-law Sancha Ximénez de Arenós, had issue •
Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Cyprus. •
Blanche (b. 1307 – d.
Barcelona, 1348), Prioress of Sixena. •
Ramon Berenguer (b. August 1308 – d. a priest at
Barcelona, 1366), Count of
Empúries and Baron of
Ejerica. Ramon married Blanche, daughter of
Philip I of Taranto, and then Maria, daughter of James of Aragon. His daughter Joan married Fernando Manuel, son of
Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena •
Violante (b.
Barcelona, October 1310 – d.
Pedrola, 19 July 1353). She first married
Philip, Despot of Romania, son of Philip I of Taranto. Her second marriage was to Lope de Luna, Lord of Segorbe. —
Marie of Lusignan (1273 – April 1319 at
Tortosa, buried at
Barcelona), daughter of the King
Hugh III of Cyprus. They married by proxy in
Santa Sophia,
Nicosia, on 15 June 1315, and in person in the city of
Girona, on 27 November 1315. This marriage was childless. —
Elisenda de Montcada, daughter of Pedro I de Montcada, Lord of Altona and
Soses, and wife Gisela d'Abarca. They married in the city of
Tarragona, on 25 December 1322. This marriage was childless, too, and, after the king's death, she entered the
Poor Clares Monastery of Pedralbes as a nun, where she died on 19 June 1364. In addition to his legitimate offspring, James had three natural children born with Sicilian women: — With Gerolda: • Sancho (b.
Sicily, 1287 – d. young?). • Napoleón (b.
Sicily, 1288 – m. 1338), Lord of
Joyosa Guarda (Gioiosaguardia) and
Acquafredda (in
Sardinia); married a daughter of a Majorcan named Guillermo Robert. — With Lucrecia: • James (b.
Mazzara, 1291 – d. 1350), Vicario di
Cagliari (1317–1341); married firstly with Jaumetta Guerau, from Majorca, and secondly with Puccia, a Sardinian woman. ==Effigy==