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Jaime I of Aragon the Conqueror was king of Aragon, of Valencia and Mallorca, count of Barcelona, count of Urgel, lord of Montpellier and of other fiefs in Occitania.
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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 western fortified town of Muret, about twelve kilometers south of Toulouse
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The conquest for the Christian kingdoms of the island of Mallorca was finally achieved by King James I of Aragon between 1229 and 1231. The city of Madîna Mayûrqa (present-day Palma de Mallorca) fell in December of the first year, but the Muslim resistance in the Mountains lasted three more.
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The conquest of the Valencian lands by Jaime I, in which there were more pacts than battles, was and still is a very controversial episode. In just twelve years, between 1233 and 1245, Sharq Al-Andalus was integrated into the Crown of Aragon and was renamed Kingdom of Valencia.
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After the conquest of Mallorca by Jaime I there were two major Muslim strongholds in the remaining islands of the Minorcan and Ibiza archipelago( the photo shows James I of Aragon who conquers Ibiza)
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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.
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Pedro III de Aragón, called El Grande, was the son of Jaime I the Conqueror and his second wife Violante of Hungary. He succeeded his father in 1276 in the titles of King of Aragon, King of Valencia and Count of Barcelona. In addition, he also became king of Sicily
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By the 11th century, mainland southern Italian powers were hiring ferocious Norman mercenaries, who were Christian descendants of the Vikings; it was the Normans under Roger I who conquered Sicily from the Muslims. After taking Apulia and Calabria, he occupied Messina with an army of 700 knights
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Alfonso III of Aragon, nicknamed the Liberal or Franco (Valencia, 1265 - Barcelona, June 18, 1291) was King of Aragon, of Valencia and Count of Barcelona (as Alfonso II), between 1285 and 1291, and King of Mallorca between 1286 and 1291.
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Jaime II of Aragon, the Just was king of Aragon, of Valencia and count of Barcelona between 1291 and his death, and king of Sicily between 1285 and 1302. He held the honorary titles of Standard bearer, Admiral and Captain General of the Holy Catholic Church.
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James ll conquers the Italian Islands of Córcega and Sardinia between 1323-1325
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Alfonso IV of Aragon, Benigno. King of Aragon, of Valencia, of Sardinia, titular king of Corsica and count of Barcelona, between 1327 and 1336
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Peter IV of Aragon, called the Ceremonious and the Punyalet, II of Valencia and of Ampurias, I of Mallorca and Sardinia and III of Barcelona, King of Aragon, Valencia and Count of Barcelona; King of Mallorca, Duke of Athens and Neopatria and Count of Ampurias. Son of Alfonso the Benigno.
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Peter lV incorporated the duchies of Athens and Neopatria into Aragonesee crown in 1379
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Juan I of Aragon, called the Hunter or the Amador of all kindness, King of Aragon, Valencia, Mallorca, Sardinia and Corsica, and Count of Barcelona, Rosellón and Cerdanya. Son and successor of Pedro IV and Leonor of Sicily.
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Between June 1391 and March 1392, during which hundreds if not thousands of Jews were killed or forcibly converted to Christianity, the book explores why the famed convivencia of medieval Iberian society—in which Christians, Muslims and Jews seemingly lived together in relative harmony—was conspicuously absent during this period.
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Martin I of Aragon, also called Martin I the Human and Martin I the Old man, was between 1396 and 1410 king of Aragon, of Valencia, of Mallorca, of Sardinia and count of Barcelona. He was also king of Sicily between 1409 and 1410. He was also the founder of the Real Cartuja de Valldecrist, fifth in Spain.
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During his time as regent, Ferdinand was chosen as the ruler of Aragon, due to his maternal relation to the Aragonese throne through the Compromise of Caspe in 1412. The Trastámaras now ruled in both the realms of Castile and Aragon.
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Fernando I de Aragón, also called Fernando de Trastámara, Fernando de Antequera, Fernando el Justo and Fernando el Honesto, was an infant of Castile, King of Aragon, of Valencia, of Mallorca
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Alfonso V of Aragon, 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.
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After taking several cities in Calabria, including Cosenza and Brisignano, will enter triumphantly in Naples on February 23, 1443, obtaining the recognition of Eugenio IV in exchange for Alfonso to support him in his confrontation against the Sforza
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Alfonso V of Aragon, 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.
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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.
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Fernando II of Aragon, called «the Catholic», was king of Aragon, of Castile, of Sicily, of Naples, of Sardinia and of Navarre. He was also regent of the Castilian Crown between 1507 and 1516, due to the disqualification of his daughter Juana I, after the death of Felipe el Hermoso
