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Pedro III de Aragón (Valencia, 7 de agosto de 1240- Villafranca del Panadés, 11 de noviembre de 1285), 3 llamado el Grande, fue hijo de Jaime I el Conquistador y su segunda esposa Violante de Hungría. 4 Sucedió a su padre en 1276 en los títulos de rey de Aragón, rey de Valencia y conde de Barcelona. Además, llegó a ser también rey de Sicilia.
Peter III of Aragon (In Aragonese, Pero; in Catalan, Pere; in Italian, Pietro; c. 1239 – November 1285) was King of Aragon, King of Valencia (as Peter I), and Count of Barcelona (as Peter II) from 1276 to his death.
Pedro III de Aragón. El Grande. Valencia, VII-VIII.1240 – Villafranca del Panadés (Barcelona), 11.XI.1285. Rey de Aragón y de Valencia, conde de Barcelona. Pedro III, I de Valencia y II de Cataluña, nació en Valencia en el verano de 1240, siendo el primer hijo varón de Jaime I y de su segunda esposa, Violante de Hungría.
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Formally, the political centre of the Crown of Aragon was Zaragoza, where kings were crowned at La Seo Cathedral. The 'de facto' capital and leading cultural, administrative and economic centre of the Crown of Aragon was Barcelona, followed by Valencia. Finally, Palma (Majorca) was an additional important city and seaport. The Crown of Aragon event...
Origin
The Crown of Aragon originated in 1137, when the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona (along with the County of Provence, Girona, Cerdanya, Osona and other territories) merged by dynastic union upon the marriage of Petronilla of Aragon and Raymond Berenguer IV of Barcelona; their individual titles combined in the person of their son Alfonso II of Aragon, who ascended to the throne in 1162. This union respected the existing institutions and parliaments of both territories. The combine...
Expansion
Alfonso II inherited two realms and with them, two different expansion processes. The House of Jiménez looked south in a battle against Castile for the control of the middle valley of the Ebro in the Iberian peninsula. The House of Barcelona looked north to its origins, Occitania, where through family ties it had significant influence, especially in Toulouse, Provence and Foix, towards the south along the Mediterranean coast and towards the Mediterranean sea. Soon, Alfonso II of Aragon and I...
Personal union with Castile
In 1410, King Martin I died without living descendants or heirs. As a result, on the Compromise of Caspe, representatives from each Iberian state of the Crown, the kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia and the Principality of Catalonia, chose Ferdinand of Antequera from the Castilian dynasty of Trastámara as king of the Crown of Aragon as Ferdinand I of Aragon. Later, his grandson King Ferdinand II of Aragon recovered the northern Catalan counties—Roussillon and Cerdagne—which had been lost to France...
The origin of Coat of arms of the Crown of Aragon is the familiar coat of the Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon. The Pennon was used exclusively by the monarchs of the Crown and was expressive of their sovereignty. James III of Majorca, vassal of the Crown of Aragon, used a coat of arms with four bars, as seen on the Leges palatinaeminiatures...
As separate states united to the Crown under the aeque principaliter principle, Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia each had a legislative body, known as the Cortes in the Kingdom of Aragon (the Courts of Aragon) or Corts in the Principality of Catalonia (the Catalan Courts) and the Kingdom of Valencia (the Valencian Courts). A Diputación del General or...
The house of the Crown was the Cathedral of the Savior of Zaragoza from Peter II (12th century). The General Courts of the Crown (the simultaneous meeting of the Courts of Catalonia, Aragon and Valencia) used to gather at Monzón (13th to 16th centuries), the remaining meetings took place at Fraga, Zaragoza, Calatayud and Tarazona. The councillor he...
During the Crown of Aragon, the Catalan culture and language underwent a vigorous expansion. During the period of trade, Occitan-Catalan contributions to Malteseoccurred. King Fernando II and Queen Isabella, as the Catholic Monarchs who began the Inquisition, were contrary to the more plural development that preceded in the Crown of Aragon. The pre...
The crown was made up of the following territories (which are nowadays parts of the modern countries of Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Malta, and Andorra). Sort by "Earliest annexion" to see the states in the chronological order they were joined to the crown.
Coat of arms from Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona to Alfonso II of AragonCoat of arms from Alfonso II of Aragon to Peter II of AragonCoat of arms from Peter II of Aragon to Peter IV of AragonCoat of arms from Peter IV of Aragon to Ferdinand II of AragonBibliography
1. Bisson, T. N. (1986). The medieval Crown of Aragon. A short history. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-820236-9.
Peter IV [a] (Catalan: Pere IV d'Aragó; Aragonese; Pero IV d'Aragón; 5 September 1319 – 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (Catalan: El Cerimoniós; Aragonese: el Ceremonioso), was from 1336 until his death the king of Aragon, Sardinia-Corsica, and Valencia, and count of Barcelona.
Aug 4, 2019 · Nacido en Valencia en 1240, fue hijo de Jaime I el Conquistador y de Violante de Hungría, al cual sucedió en los títulos de rey de Aragón, Valencia y Conde de Barcelona. Coronado, según indicios, el 17 de noviembre de 1276 en Zaragoza, su primera decisión real fue cancelar el vasallaje con el papado concertado por su abuelo Pedro II, que ...
Jun 9, 2024 · Tras la expansión ibérica de la Corona de Aragón, llegaba el momento de dar el salto más allá de las Baleares y crecer por el Mediterráneo. Y ese fue el objetivo del rey aragonés Pedro III, conocido como El Grande. Este monarca, hijo de Jaime I El Conquistador y de su segunda esposa, Violante de Hungría, nació en Valencia en 1240.
