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James II ( Catalan: Jaume) (31 May 1243 – 29 May 1311) was King of Majorca and Lord of Montpellier from 1276 until his death. He was the second son of James I of Aragon and his wife, Violant, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary.
While he occupied the island, James I created the Kingdom of Majorca, which became independent of the Crown of Aragon by the provisions of his will, until its subsequent conquest by the Aragonese Pedro IV during the reign of James II of Majorca.
- 1228-1231
- Majorca
James II was the king of Aragon from 1295 to 1327 and king of Sicily (as James I) from 1285 to 1295. At the death of his father, Peter III, on Nov. 11, 1285, James inherited Sicily, and his elder brother became Alfonso III of Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- The Beginning of Aragonese Rule
- From The Time of Alfonso III
- The Organization and Administration of The Majorca Communities
- From The Reign of Pedro IV (1343–87) Until The End of The Jewish Settlement
- The 1391 Persecutions
- The Fate of The Conversos of Majorca
- Modern Majorca
- Bibliography
When James I of Aragon conquered Palma de Mallorca (1229– 32), there were several Jews in his retinue, noteworthy being Bahye and Solomon Alconstantini, from Saragossa, whose knowledge of Arabic was greatly appreciated and when the distribution of properties took place after the conquest they were among the beneficiaries, notably Samuel Benveniste,...
James I divided the kingdom of Aragon in his will, setting up the independent kingdom of Majorca under his second son James II (of Majorca). Reigning from 1276, James II confirmed the privileges which had been granted by his father. In 1285, his nephew Alfonso III seized the island from him, ruling it until 1295. Alfonso confirmed a series of privi...
Details of the organization of the Palma community have come down from the close of the 13th century. In its communal and religious life Majorcan Jewry was very much influenced by the Catalan Jewish communities. The rabbisof Majorca were in close contact with those of Barcelona. In its administration, too, the community followed in the footsteps of...
After Pedro IV conquered the Balearic Isles (1343), the situation of the Jews of Majorca improved. The king’s retinue included the physician Maestre Eleazar ibn Ardut of Huesca and Ḥasdai Crescas, the grandfather of R. Ḥasdai *Crescas. Immediately after the conquest, Pedro exempted the Jews of Majorca from the taxes imposed upon them by James III a...
When news of the anti-Jewish riots sweeping Spain in 1391 reached Majorca, the leaders of the Jews appealed to Francisco Sa Garriga, viceroy of John I, to find a way of preventing the outbreak of similar riots on the island. It was decided to cordon off the Jewish quarter and allow no weapons inside. As soon as they heard reports of the riots in Va...
The papal Inquisition was already active in Majorca during the 13th century, but it was only from the beginning of the 15th that its activities really made themselves felt. In 1407, a Conversowho had twice returned to Judaism was condemned to be burnt at the stake and, in 1410, Benedict XIII ordered that measures be taken against the Conversos of M...
Dani Rotstein and his wife founded Limud Mallorca to bring “Jewish culture and life to disconnected Jews living on the island, families of mixed-marriages, and those non-Jews interested in learning about and connecting with Jewish values and history.” The group organizes documentary screenings, book presentations, choir concerts, lectures, seminars...
B. Braunstein, Chuetas of Majorca (1936); A.L. Isaacs, Jews of Majorca (1936), incl. bibl.; Baer, Spain, index; Baer, Urkunden, 1 (1929), index; M. Kayserling, Juden in Navarra… (1861), 153–89; J. Amador de Los Rios, Historia política… de los Judíos en España…, 3 (1876), 638ff.; J. Rullan, Historia de Sóller, 2 vols. (1875–76); H.C. Lea, A History ...
James II (Catalan: Jaume II; Aragonese: Chaime 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.
James II of Majorca is most famous for being the last king of Majorca and the first king of the Balearic Islands. He ruled from 1276 to 1285. He was the son of James I of Aragon and Violant of Hungary.
In 1276, after the death of James I, the kingdom was divided between his sons; James II became the King of the kingdom of Majorca. In 1344, King Peter IV of Aragon marched into the kingdom and re-incorporated the island into the crown. 1479 and onwards, the Crown of Aragon and was in a dynastic union with Castile.
