Sancia of Majorca

Sancia of Majorca (c. 1281–1345) was queen of Naples as the wife of Robert the Wise. She married Robert, then heir to the throne, in 1304 and became queen when Charles II died in 1309.

Her court became a refuge for the Spiritual Franciscans. Her brother Philip of Majorca gathered Fraticelli there, and the couple asked Avignon for leave to house them at Santa Chiara, but Pope Benedict XII refused. She repeatedly petitioned for her marriage to be dissolved, to become a nun.

After Robert died in January 1343 she joined the regency council for his granddaughter Joanna I, but it proved ineffective and a papal legate took over. In January 1344 she resigned and entered the convent of Santa Maria della Croce, where she died in July 1345.