Eleanor of Sicily
Eleanor of Sicily ( * 1325, † April 20, 1375 in Lleida) was the third wife of Peter IV 1349-1375 Queen of Aragon.
Life
Eleanor of Sicily was a daughter of King Peter II of Sicily and his wife Elisabeth of Carinthia. She had eight siblings, including Ludwig and Friedrich III. (or IV ) who ruled in succession Sicily.
On August 27, 1349 Eleanor married in Valencia with the Aragonese King Peter IV, for this marriage already was the third marriage. From his previous marriages Peter IV had no surviving sons, but Eleanor gave him male offspring. Overall, the couple had three sons and one daughter:
- John I (* 1350, † 1396 ), King of Aragon 1387-1396
- Martin I. (* 1356, † 1410), King of Aragon 1396-1410
- Eleanor (* 1358, † 1382 ), since 1375 the wife of John I of Castile
- Alfonso (* 1362, † 1364 ), died as an infant
Although Eleanor inherited from her mother Elisabeth of Carinthia and Tyrol, but never made their related claims. Because Bernhard II of Cabrera, an influential adviser of Peter IV, advocated a balancing policy towards Castile and against a Mediterranean empire expansion, he earned the animosity to Eleanor. This turned namely against a cooperation with Castile and wished not only that the duchies of Athens and Neopatras (which her brother Frederick III. Were under ) came to Aragon, but ultimately, Sicily itself apparently prevented Bernard of Cabrera aggressive intervention Aragon in innersizilische affairs until he 1364 due to a - was executed political process - accelerated by Eleonore. Finally, Eleanor was the second son of his father Martin, a ( pretended ) right to the crown of Sicily transmitted.
Eleonore, which emerged as a patron of literature, Sibilla de Fortia made to her maid of honor. Eleanor died in 1375 at the age of about 50 years in Lleida and was buried in Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet monastery. In 1377, two years after Eleanor's death, Sibilla de Fortia was the fourth wife of Peter IV This marriage led to considerable tensions between the old king and the heir to the throne, Eleanor 's oldest son, John ( I).