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James II (Catalan: Jaume II; Aragonese: Chaime II; 10 April 1267 – 2 or 5 November 1327), called the Just, [a] 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) [b] from 1285 to 1295 and the King of Majorca from 1291 to 1298.
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.
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Jun 8, 2019 · James II, 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 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. His full title for the last three decades of his reign was "James, by the ...
James I the Conqueror ( Catalan: Jaume el Conqueridor; Aragonese: Chaime I o Conqueridor; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and Valencia from 1238 to 1276. His long reign of 62 years is not only the longest of any Iberian monarch ...
His son Ferdinand succeeded him as king of Aragon and Sardinia, and his daughter Eleanor inherited Navarre. Aragonese institutions and society. Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia constituted the nucleus of the Crown of Aragon during the late Middle Ages. James II declared in 1319 that these three states formed an indissoluble union.
Feb 24, 2023 · James II (1267-1327) was King of Aragon, Valencia, and Count of Barcelona from 1291 to 1327, and King of Sicily from 1285 to 1295. He was also briefly King of Majorca and nominally King of Sardinia and Corsica. He ceded Sicily to the papacy in 1295 and returned Majorca to its deposed king in 1298. He acquired Sardinia by conquest in 1324. He was known as "the Just" and ruled for over 30 years.
