Marriages and Issue
In 1270, at the age of thirteen, Yolanda's father was killed while on Crusade with King Louis IX of France. On an unknown date before 1281, she married her first husband, Elie Rudel, Seigneur de Pons and by him she had two children:
- Renaud IV de Pons (born before 1282-1308), married Isabeau de Levis by whom he had issue
- Yolande de Pons (born before 1290- ?), married Fouques III, Baron de Matha by whom she had issue.
Yolanda married secondly Robert, Seigneur de Mathe.
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