James I of Urgell
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James 18th Count of Urgell, Prince of Aragon (1321-1347) was the 4th son of Alfonso IV King of Aragon and Teresa Entenca y Cabrera, 17th Countess of Urgell.
James was born in Zaragoza in 1321. His two older brothers died young, Alfonso (1318-1320) and Fadrique (1319-1320) and his next oldest brother, Pedro, inherited the Kingdom of Aragon. James inherited his mother’s title.
He married Cecilia de Comenges (1321-1381), the daughter of Juan Bernardo de Comenges Count of Comenges and Viscount of Tours, in 1336 in Catalona. They had two children, Pedro 19th Conde of Urgel and Isabel. He also had daughter born about 1335, whose son Jaime de Zayas (born 1360), was the ancestor of the Zayas-Bazan family in Cuba.
James was believed to have poisoned by his brother Pedro on November 15, 1347 in Barcelona.
[edit] References
- Zayas de la Portilla, Juan Bruno (2003). Orígenes, Compendio Histórico-Genealógico del Linaje Zayas, Descendencia del Infante Don Jaime de Aragón, Volumen I. Zayas Publishing. ISBN 096728760X.(Spanish)
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