James I of Aragon
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James I the Conqueror was the 11th King of Aragon, 38th Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and King of Valencia from 1238 to 1276. His lo
Jaume in 1265, giving orders to a guard in the royal palace
The Moors request permission from James I, taken from The Cantigas de Santa María
First compilation of the Fueros of Aragon, carried out by the bishop of Huesca Vidal de Canellas in 1247. Vidal Mayor.
Posthumous portrait in the Generalitat Valenciana
Peter II of Aragon
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Peter II the Catholic was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1196 to 1213.
James I of Aragon
…and taking back the once Catalan territories in Occitania and vassal counties loyal to the County of Barcelona, lands that were lost by his father Peter II of Aragon in the Battle of Muret during the Albigensian Crusade and annexed by the Kingdom of France, and then decided to turn south. His great part in the…
The only known contemporary image of Peter, Liber feudorum Ceritaniae (1200–1209), pg. 64v.
Engraving of a sealing of Peter II, ca 1196 to 1213