Background
She was the daughter of Robert I, Duke of Bar and Marie of Valois.
She was the daughter of Robert I, Duke of Bar and Marie of Valois.
Violante was the eighth of eleven children. 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.
Violant died in Barcelona on 13 August 1431 at the age of sixty-six.
