Dulce (Aragón) de Aragón (abt. 1192 - abt. 1240)

Born about 1192 in reino de Aragón

Ancestors

Died about 1240 at about age 48 in Sijena, reino de Aragón [uncertain]

Biography

Infanta doña Dulce de Aragón was probably the youngest daughter of Alfonso II King of Aragón and his wife Sancha de Castilla and was born about 1192.^[1],^[2].

She became a nun in the Monastery of Sijena,^[1] which her mother had founded and where she lived out her last years.^[3]. Later Dulce was appointed Commander (Comendadora) of the Order of St John,^[4]

She died about 1240^[1] and is probably buried in the Monastery of Sijena.

Research Notes

In Salazar y Acha's book she is listed as born about 1190 (nacida hacia 1190), but the sister listed above her was born about 1192.^[1] I've taken this as a typographical error and transposed the dates. The Wikipedia article for her father also cited above has Dulce's birth date as 1192.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Salazar y Acha, Jaime de, Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media (Madrid : Real Academia de la Historia, 2021). p. 154. Electronic edition, Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado, https://www.boe.es/biblioteca_juridica/publicacion.php?id=PUB-DH-2021-233 : accessed 12 May 2022.
2. ↑ Colaboradores de Wikipedia, "Alfonso II de Aragón," Wikipedia, La enciclopedia libre, https://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfonso_II_de_Arag%C3%B3n&oldid=145784914 (descargado 2 de octubre de 2022).
3. ↑ 'Monastery of Santa María de Sigena' in Medieval Histories: Nature, History, Heritage, 2016, https://www.medieval.eu/monastery-santa-maria-de-sigena : accessed 3 October 2022.
4. ↑ Baptist Alzog, Johannes. Historia eclesiástica de Espana o adiciones a la historia general de la Iglesia vol 2. (Barcelona: Librería Religiosa, 1855). p. 289. Digital image, Google Play https://books.google.es/books?id=mOz8RNsu0roC&vq=&dq=&hl=es&pg=PA289#v=onepage&q&f=false : accessed 3 October 2022.