Maria of Naples

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Maria and her sisters in the Bible of Naples

Maria of Anjou (1290 – end of April 1346/January 1347) was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou who served as Queen of Majorca during her marriage to King Sancho. She was the daughter of Charles II of Naples and his wife, Maria of Hungary.

Maria married King Sancho by proxy at Palma de Majorca on 20 September 1304 and in person in 1308. The marriage produced no children, which threatened the survival of the young independent state. Sancho willed the kingdom to his nephew James to prevent it from falling to the Crown of Aragon, and died in 1324.

Two years after Sancho's death, Maria married James of Ejerica, a member of the House of Barcelona. She was imprisoned in Jerica in 1331 by King Alfonso IV of Aragon, and was later transferred to Valencia. Her brother, King Robert of Naples, arranged her release, and she left Valencia after June 1337 for Barjals in Provence. Maria died childless in 1346 or 1347.[1]

Ancestry

Family of Maria of Naples
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Philip II of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Louis VIII of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Isabelle of Hainaut
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Charles I of Naples
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Alfonso VIII of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Blanche of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Eleanor of England
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Charles II of Naples
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Alfonso II, Count of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Gersenda II of Sabran
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Beatrice of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Thomas I of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Beatrice of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Margaret of Geneva
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Maria of Anjou
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Andrew II of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Béla IV of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Gertrude of Merania
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Stephen V of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Theodore I Laskaris
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Maria Laskarina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Anna Angelina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Maria of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Suthoi, Khan of Cumania
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Kuthen, Khan of Cumania
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Elizabeth the Cuman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

Maria of Naples
Cadet branch of the House of Capet
Born: circa 1290 Died: circa 1346/7
Royal titles
Preceded by Queen consort of Majorca
1311–1324
Succeeded by
Constance of Aragon