Sibyl of Fortia. Queen consort of Aragon

Sibyl, called the Forciana (1350 - 1406) was queen consort of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica; Duchess consort of Athens and Neopatria and Countess consort of Barcelona, Roussillon, Cerdagne and Ampúrias.

Sybil belonged to the lineage of Fortia, the lower nobility, with holdings in rural within Ampúrias County, which were feudatories.

Sybil, then a young woman of great beauty but without any training, she entered the service of Queen Eleanor of Sicily, who admitted among her ladies possibly because of some real trip Ampúrias County. The Court concluded from his marriage to Foces Artal, elderly Aragonese nobleman protected by King Pedro III, who had no children. The old nobleman died in 1374 and Queen Eleanor in 1375. Soon, the young widow attracted the attention of the monarch, who was just 56, and became his lover.

The princes sons of the late Queen Leonor, especially Martin and John, Duke of Gerona viewed with favor that their father kept this relationship, avoiding a new dynastic marriage and the problems that might entail. But Peter III had other plans, which deeply displeased when his heir came true. Indeed, the announcement of the marriage of true lovers, led to a tense relations between the king and his heir.

In 1377, in Barcelona, Sybil and Peter III were married, becoming Queen. It was an exceptional case among Catalan consorts, because she was not a descendant of a royal family and the nobility.

Marriage between Sybil and Peter III born:

- Alfonso of Aragon. Count of Morella.

- Isabella of Aragon. Countess of Urgel.

- Pedro of Aragon. Died in his first year of life.

After this wedding, Pedro, was surrounded by nobles from the Ampurdán and relatives of Sybil, which led to distrust and enmity of an important side of the court, headed by John (heir to the throne) and his wife Violante of Bar .

With the king's death, in 1387, Sybil, fearing reprisals from her stepchildren, took refuge in the Castle of St. Martin Sarroca. Indeed John and Violante of Bar ordered pursuit and got besiege the castle, the widowed queen gave the new royal couple.

The support of the gentry and the bourgeoisie (especially the Consell de Cent of Barcelona), of some prominent nobles as Count Hugo or the Avignon Pope Benedict XIII, prevented Juan and Violante, and the nobility, may go too far in their revenge.

John, imprisoned for a while Sybil at Castle Montcada and finally she could reside under surveillance in Barcelona. King Martin the Humane improved living conditions and treated with more respect.

Sybil died in Barcelona in 1406. By order of King Martin, was buried with state funeral in the convent of St Francis of Barcelona.