Background
She was the daughter of Robert I, Duke of Bar and Marie of Valois. Her paternal grandparents were Henry IV of Bar and Yolanda of Flanders. Her maternal grandparents were John II of France and his first wife, Bonne of Bohemia.
Violante was the eighth of eleven children. She was married in 1380 at the age of 15 to Infante John, Duke of Girona, the heir to the throne of Aragon, thus becoming Duchess of Girona and Countess of Cervera.
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