Violant of Bar

Violant of Bar
Queen consort of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, and Sardinia and Corsica; Countess consort of Barcelona
Tenure	1380–1395
Born	c.1365 Northern France
Died	3 July 1431 Barcelona
Spouse	John I of Aragon
Issue Detail	Yolande, Queen of Naples
House	House of Montbéliard
Father	Robert, Duke of Bar
Mother	Marie of Valois
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Violant of Bar (c. 1365 – 3 July 1431) was queen consort of Aragon.

She was the daughter of Robert I, Duke of Bar and Marie of Valois. Violante was the eighth of eleven children. She was married in 1380 at the age of 15 to John, Duke of Girona, the heir apparent to the throne of Aragon, thus becoming Duchess of Girona and Countess of Cervera.

Her husband became King of Aragon in 1387. He was often ill, and Violante wielded considerable administrative power on his behalf. She transformed the Aragonese court into a center of French culture. She especially cultivated the talents of Provençal troubadours (poet-musicians).

John and Violant had six children, but only one daughter, Yolande lived to adulthood.

• James (1382–1388), Duke of Girona and Count of Cervera
• Yolande (Zaragoza 1384 - Saumur 14 November 1442), married on 2 December 1400 at Louis II of Naples. She played a role in the history of France.
• Ferdinand (1389 - Monzón October 1389), Duke of Girona and Count of Cervera
• Joanna (1392 - Barcelona 4 August 1396)
• Antonia (b and d 1392)
• Peter (1394-1394), Duke of Girona and Count of Cervera

After John's death in 1395, she dedicated herself to the education of her only surviving child, Yolande. Yolande and her sons claimed the Kingdom of Aragon after John's death.

Violant died in Barcelona on 13 August 1431 at the age of sixty-six.