Dissatisfaction… In the course of their negotiations, he was promised the hand of the Aragonese king Ramiro II’s daughter and heir, Petronila (Peronella); they were married on Aug. 11, 1137, and a few months later…
…betrothed to Petronila, queen of Aragon, Catalonia and Aragon were united under the same ruler. As Roman law and its practitioners gained in influence, there were protests in both… Supported by the armies of Aragon, Navarre, and Portugal, Castilian forces routed the Almohad emir of Morocco, Muḥammad al-Nāṣir, at Las Navas de Tolosa (July 16, 1212) and so removed the last serious Islamic threat to Christian hegemony in Spain. The kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, and Portugal spent the next century consolidating their holdings, until the marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile in 1469 united the Spanish crown. Their rule effected the permanent union of Spain and the beginning of an overseas empire in the New World, led by Christopher Columbus under Isabella’s… The age of the Early Count-Kings (1137–1213) (Dynastic Policy 1162–1213), page 36 Finally, Palma (Majorca) was an additional important city and seaport. Sancho created the kingdom of Aragon in 1035, and his successors there pursued the Christian reclamation of the peninsula in earnest. The kingdom of Aragon soon sought Ramon Berenguer IV’s aid against Castile. The court of Aragon dreamed of a return to Castile, and Isabella needed help to gain succession to the throne. This was a marriage of political opportunism, not romance. In the late Middle Ages the Crown of Aragon experienced a confrontation between the monarchy and the nobility similar to that which occurred in neighbouring Castile. The marriage initiated a dark and troubled life, in which Ferdinand fought… Among the earliest gold was that of Alfonso VIII of Castile (1158–1214), copying an Arab gold dinar but with Christian professions in its Arabic script. The way was now open to the conquest of Andalusia …27, 1458, Naples), king of Aragon (1416–58) and king of Naples (as Alfonso I, 1442–58), whose military campaigns in Italy and elsewhere in the central Mediterranean made him one of the most famous men of his day. …on the mainland and the Aragonese (Spanish) dynasty on the island, both of which claimed the title of king of Sicily. In 1179 Alfonso II of Aragon and Alfonso VIII of Castile Other articles where Kingdom of Aragon is discussed: Aragon: History: …roughly coextensive with the historical kingdom of Aragon. To this mountain domain Ramiro added the counties…
Because at this juncture the crown of Navarra was destined for Philip’s son and successor, Philip the Fair, the whole Spanish March seemed ripe for recovery by the French. In Hohenstaufen and early Aragonese Sicily,… (See map 2 - 1120 AD) In 1150, Aragon was joined with the County of Barcelona through dynastic union, which led to the acquisition … In 1443 Alfonso V of Aragon, on reuniting the two portions, took the title of …1281–85) excommunicated the king of Aragon and offered the vacant throne to Philip for one of his sons. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox.
The name Aragon comes from the river Aragon which flows by the city of Jaca. …of the royal house of Aragon. The Kingdom of Aragon began as a tiny Frankish feudal county at the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains. Yet the Crusade…
Territories subject to the Crown of Aragon in 1446, after • Union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona Bisson T. N. chapter II. The Valencia was finally made a new kingdom with its own institutions and not an extension of In 1297, to solve the dispute between the Anjevins and the Aragonese over Sicily, The King's possessions outside of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands were ruled by proxy through local elites as The fact that the King was keen on settling new kingdoms instead of merely expanding the existing kingdoms was a part of a power struggle that pitted the interests of the king against those of the existing The literary evocation of past splendour recalls correctly the great age of the 13th and 14th centuries, when Valencia, Majorca and Sicily were conquered, the population growth could be handled without social conflict, and the urban prosperity, which peaked in 1345, created the institutional and cultural achievements of the Crown.The Crown of Aragon and its institutions were abolished in 1716 only after the The reprisals inflicted on the territories that had fought against The origin of Coat of arms of the Crown of Aragon is the familiar coat of the Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia each had a legislative body, known as the In the early 15th century the de facto capital was Valencia, until The crown was made up of the following territories (which are nowadays parts of the modern countries of Sort by "Earliest annexion" to see the states in the chronological order they were joined to the crown.
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…princess Isabella of Castile in Valladolid in October 1469. Berber (Amazigh) dynasties of North Africa, 13th–14th century. When Ferdinand II (1479–1516; also known as Ferdinand V of Castile from 1474) succeeded to the Crown of Aragon in 1479, the union of Aragon (roughly eastern Spain) and Castile (roughly western Spain) was finally achieved, and the Trastámara became the second… This house, in rebellion against papal claims of suzerainty and engaged in constant war with the Kingdom of Naples, went through a pattern of monarchical weakness and economic decline similar to that shown by the Angevins of Naples. Examples of Sicily’s incorporation into the Spanish… This principality had its origins in 1035, when Sancho III (the Great) of Navarre left to his third son, Ramiro I, the small Pyrenean county of Aragon and established it as an independent kingdom. The Catholic Monarchs, as Ferdinand and Isabella came to be known, completed the conquest of… Unlike Ferdinand, James carefully worked to preserve the agricultural economy of the Moors and so established the final peninsular frontiers of Aragon. Virtually any topic for the virtual learner. The 'de facto' capital and leading cultural, administrative and economic centre of the Crown of Aragon was Barcelona, followed by Valencia. After conquering Naples, he transferred his court there. The Reconquista was nearly completed by the middle of the 13th century, by which time the Muslims retained… …roughly coextensive with the historical kingdom of Aragon. Sancho created the kingdom of Aragon and was responsible for the elevation of Castile from county to kingdom, though he transferred some Castilian territory to Pamplona, which he left to his eldest son, García III (or IV).