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Constance of Aragon was an Aragonese infanta who was by marriage firstly Queen of Hungary, and secondly Queen of Germany and Sicily and Holy Roman Empress. She was regent of Sicily from 1212 to 1220.

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Isabella of Aragon may refer to:

Constance of Aragon was Queen of Majorca as the wife of King James III. She was the eldest daughter of Alfonso IV of Aragon and his first wife, Teresa d'Entença.

Constance of Aragon was an Aragonese princess by birth and the princess of Villena by marriage. She was the daughter of King James II of Aragon and his second wife Blanche of Anjou, a Neapolitan princess. She was also the maternal grandmother of King Ferdinand I of Portugal through her daughter Constance.