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Period: 1213 to 1276
James I
Jaime I of Aragon the Conqueror (Catalan: Jaume the Conqueridor, Aragonese: Chaime lo Conqueridor, Occitan: Jacme lo Conquistaire) (Montpellier, February 2, 1208-Alcira, July 27, 1276) was King of Aragon (1213- 1276), of Valencia (1238-1276) and of Mallorca (1229-1276), count of Barcelona (1213-1276), count of Urgel, lord of Montpellier (1219-1276) and of other fiefs in Occitania. -
Sep 12, 1213
Battle of Muret
The Battle of Muret was the decisive battle of the so-called Albigensian Crusade. It took place on September 12, 1213 on a plain of the fortified Occitan town of Muret, about twelve kilometers south of Toulouse. -
1232
James I begins the conquest of the Kingdoms of Valencia
In 1233 the king Jaime I the Conqueror initiates the conquest of the Valencian territory marked then by five centuries of presence of the Saracens: the taifas kingdoms of Balansiya, Alpuente, Denia and Murcia. -
1235
James I conquers Ibiza
In 1235 the Christians defeated and the island was divided into four parts. The new owners remained as vassals of Jaime I.
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1244
Treaty of Almirza
The Treaty of Almizra is a pact of peace signed on March 26, 1244 between the Crown of Aragon and the Crown of Castile that set the limits of the Kingdom of Valencia. Jaime I of Aragon agreed and who later would be his son-in-law, the infant Alfonso de Castilla and future king Alfonso X the Wise. The treaty stipulated that lands south of the Biar-Busot-Villajoyosa line be reserved for Castile. -
Period: 1276 to 1285
Peter III
Peter III of Aragon (1239–11 November 1285), known as Peter the Great, was King of Aragon, King of Valencia (as Peter I), and Count of Barcelona (as Peter II) from 1276 to his death, (this union of kingdoms was called the Crown of Aragon). At the invitation of some rebels, he conquered the Kingdom of Sicily and became King of Sicily in 1282, pressing the claim of his wife, Constance II of Sicily, uniting the kingdom to the crown. He was one of the greatest of medieval Aragonese monarchs. -
1282
Peter the great occupies Sicily
The Sicilians then sent an embassy to Pedro III offering him the Sicilian crown, to which he was entitled thanks to his marriage. The Aragonese king then put his fleet to Sicily, where he arrived on August 30, 1282 and was crowned king in the city of Palermo. -
Period: 1285 to 1291
Alfonso III
Alfonso III (4 November 1265, in Valencia – 18 June 1291), called the Liberal (el Liberal) or the Free (also "the Frank," from el Franc), was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona (as Alfons II) from 1285. He conquered the Kingdom of Majorca between his succession and 1287. He was a son of King Peter III of Aragon and Constance, daughter and heiress of King Manfred of Sicily. -
Period: 1291 to 1327
James II
James II (10 April 1267 – 2 or 5 November 1327), called the Just, was the King of Aragon and Valencia and Count of Barcelona from 1291 to 1327. He was also the King of Sicily (as James I) from 1285 to 1295 and the King of Majorca from 1291 to 1298. From 1297 he was nominally the King of Sardinia and Corsica, but he only acquired the island of Sardinia by conquest in 1324. -
1323
James II conquers Corsica and Sardinia
His dominion over Sicily had been answered by the Papacy and the Anjou, so Jaime finally agreed to cede the island to the pope in exchange for the rights to Corsica and Sardinia and the cession of the island of Menorca to Jaime II of Mallorca, by the Treaty of Anagni (1295). -
Period: 1327 to 1336
Alfonso IV
Alfonso IV, called the Kind (also the Gentle or the Nice, Catalan: Alfons el Benigne) (2 November 1299 – 24 January 1336) was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona (as Alfonso III) from 1327 to his death. His reign saw the incorporation of the County of Urgell, Duchy of Athens, and Duchy of Neopatria into the Crown of Aragon. -
Period: 1336 to 1387
Peter IV
Peter IV (Catalan: Pere IV; 5 September 1319 – 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (Catalan: el Cerimoniós), was from 1336 until his death the King of Aragon and also King of Sardinia and Corsica (as Peter I), King of Valencia (as Peter II), and Count of Barcelona (and the rest of the Principality of Catalonia as Peter III). In 1344, he deposed James III of Majorca and made himself King of Majorca. -
1379
Peter IV incorporates the Duchies of Athens and Neopatria in the Crown of Aragón
His reign was occupied with attempts to strengthen the crown against the Union of Aragon and other such devices of the nobility, with their near constant revolts, and with foreign wars, in Sardinia, Sicily, the Mezzogiorno, Greece, and the Balearics. His wars in Greece made him Duke of Athens and Neopatria in 1381. -
Period: 1387 to 1396
John l
John I (27 December 1350 – 19 May 1396), called by posterity the Hunter[a] or the Lover of Elegance, but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of Aragon from 1388 until his death. -
1391
Anti-jewish pogroms
The seeds of the Inquisition are shown on this day in 1391 when a fiery preacher in Seville, Spain incited months of violence against the city's Jews. -
Period: 1396 to 1410
Martin I
Martin the Humane (29 July 1356 – 31 May 1410), also called the Elder and the Ecclesiastic, was King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 (as Martin II). He failed to secure the accession of his illegitimate grandson, Frederic, Count of Luna, and with him the rule of the House of Barcelona came to an end. -
1412
Compromise of Caspe. Beggining of the Trastámara dynasty in the Crown of Aragón
The Commitment of Caspe was a pact established in 1412 by representatives of the kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia and the Principality of Catalonia to choose a new king before the death in 1410 of Martin I of Aragon (the Human) without descent and without naming a Successor accepted. It involved the enthronement of Fernando de Antequera, a member of the Trastámara dynasty, in the Crown of Aragon. -
Period: 1412 to 1416
Ferdinand I of Trastámara
Ferdinand I (Spanish: Fernando I; 27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416 in Igualada, Catalonia) called of Antequera and also the Just (or the Honest) was king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and (nominal) Corsica and king of Sicily, duke (nominal) of Athens and Neopatria, and count of Barcelona, Roussillon and Cerdanya (1412–1416). He was also regent of Castile (1406–1416). -
Period: 1416 to 1458
Alfonso V
Alfonso the Magnanimous KG (also Alphonso; Catalan: Alfons; 1396 – 27 June 1458) was the King of Aragon (as Alfonso V), Valencia (as Alfonso III), Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica (as Alfonso II), Sicily (as Alfonso I) and Count of Barcelona (as Alfonso IV) from 1416, and King of Naples (as Alfonso I) from 1442 until his death. He was one of the most prominent figures of the early Renaissance and a knight of the Order of the Dragon. -
1442
Alfonso V conquers the Kingdom of Naples
Alfonso V of Aragon (Medina del Campo, 1396 - Naples, June 27, 1458), also called the Magnanimous and the Wise, between 1416 and 1458 was king of Aragon, of Valencia, of Mallorca, of Sicily, of Sardinia and Count of Barcelona; and between 1442 - 1458 king of Naples. -
Period: 1458 to 1479
John II
John II (Catalan: Joan II, Aragonese: Chuan II and Basque: Joanes II), called the Great (el Gran) or the Faithless (el Sense Fe) (29 June 1398 – 20 January 1479), was the King of Navarre through his wife (jure uxoris) from 1425 and the King of Aragon in his own right from 1458 until his death. He was the son of Ferdinand I and his wife Eleanor of Alburquerque. John was also King of Sicily from 1458-1468. -
1462
Civil wars in Catalonia
The Catalan Civil War (1462-1472) was the civil war that took place in the Principality of Catalonia between the supporters of King Juan II of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and the supporters of the Catalan institutions rebellious to the king headed by the Diputación del General of Catalonia and the Consell del Principat. -
Period: 1479 to 1516
Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II (Aragonese: Ferrando; Catalan: Ferran; Basque: Errando; Spanish: Fernando; 10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), called the Catholic (Spanish: el Católico), was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death. His marriage in 1469 to Isabella, the future queen of Castile, was the marital and political "cornerstone in the foundation of the Spanish monarchy."
