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Period: 1196 to 1213
Peter II
Peter was born in Huesca,the son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile. He had himself crowned by Pope Innocent III in Rome and declared his kingdom a feudatory of the Holy See(1204). He was the first king of Aragon to be crowned by the pope.On 15 June 1204 he married Marie of Montpellier and had a son, James.
Peter was caught in the Battle of Muret, in the thick of fighting, and died as a result of a foolhardy act of bravado. He was thrown to the ground and killed.(1213) -
Period: 1213 to 1276
James I
James I of Aragón,byname James The Conqueror, it's the most renowned of the medieval kings of Aragon (1213–76), who added the Balearic Islands and Valencia to his realm and thus initiated the Catalan-Aragonese expansion in the Mediterranean that was to reach its zenith in the last decades of the 14th century. -
Sep 12, 1213
Battle of Muret
Peter II of Aragón (1196-1213) was defeated and killed in the Batte of Muret.
It played a significant role in ending Aragonese interests in territories north of the Pyrenees and in bringing the province of Languedoc under the influence of the French crown. -
1229
James I conquers Mayorca
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1232
James I begins the conquest of the Kingdom of Valencia
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1235
James I conquers Ibiza
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1244
Treaty of Almizra
The Treaty of Almizra was the third of a series of three treaties between the Crown of Aragon and Crown of Castile meant to determine the limits of their expansion into Andalusia so as to prevent squabbling between the Christian princes. Specifically, it defined the borders of the Kingdom of Valencia. -
Period: 1276 to 1282
Peter III
His byname is Peter The Great.
In 1262 he had married Constance, heiress of Manfred,the king of Sicily and in 1282 he invaded the island and was proclaimed king at Palermo.
In 1285 Philip III of France invaded Aragon to dethrone Peter but was disastrously defeated. Peter, however, soon died. -
1282
Peter the Great occupies Sicily
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Period: 1295 to 1327
James II
His byname is James the Just.
At the death of his father, Peter III, James inherited Sicily, and his elder brother became Alfonso III of Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia. When his brother died (1291) he inherited Aragon and resigned Sicily (1295), marrying Blanche, daughter of Charles II of Naples, in an endeavour to make peace with the Angevins. Sardinia and Corsica were both assigned to him in compensation for Sicily, but he was able to occupy Sardinia only (1324). -
Period: 1323 to 1325
James II conquers Corsica and Sardinia
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Period: 1336 to 1387
Peter IV
His byname is Peter the Ceremonious or He of the Dagger.
He was from 1336 until his death the King of Aragon and also King of Sardinia and Corsica, King of Valencia, and Count of Barcelona.
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. His wars in Greece made him Duke of Athens and Neopatria in 1381. -
1379
Peter IV incorporates the Duchies of Athens and Neopatria into the Crown of Aragón
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1391
Anti-Jewish pogroms
The Massacre of 1391 was a tragic display of antisemitism and violence against Jews in Spain. It is considered one of the Middle Ages' largest attacks on the Jews, and ultimately resulted in the Jews being expelled from the Iberian Peninsula in 1492. While the Jews in the Iberian Peninsula at this time were generally disliked, violence against the Jews and especially against the conversos was common even until the 1400s. However, 1391 marked a peak in the violence against the Jews. -
1412
Compromise of Caspe. Beginning of the Trastámara dynasty in the Crown of Aragón
It was an act and resolution of parliamentary representatives of the constituent realms of the Crown of Aragon,meeting in Caspe, to resolve the interregnum following the death of King Martin of Aragon in 1410 without a legitimate heir. -
Period: 1416 to 1458
Alfonso V
His byname is Alfonso the Magnanimous.
He 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
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Period: 1462 to 1472
Civil war in Catalonia
It was a civil war in the Principality of Catalonia, then belonging to the Crown of Aragon, between 1462 and 1472. The two factions, the royalists who supported John II of Aragon and the Catalan constitutionalists, disputed the extent of royal rights in Catalonia. Barcelona remained their stronghold to the end: with its surrender the war came to a close. John, victorious, re-established the status quo ante.
