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Appendix 3 RULERS OF THE “CROWN OF ,” 1050–1300

Kingdom of Aragon County of

Ramiro I (1035–1063)1 Ramon Berenguer I “the Old” (1036–1076)2

Sancho I Ramírez (1063–1094) Ramon Berenguer II (1076–1082) Pedro I (1094–1104)3 Berenguer Ramon II “the Fratricide” (1082–1097) Alfonso I “the Battler” (1104–1134)4 Ramon Berenguer III (1097–1131)

Ramiro II “the Monk” (1134–1137)

Petronila Ramon Berenguer IV (1131–1162)5

Alfons I/Alfonso II “the Troubadour” (1162–1196)6

Pere I/Pedro II “the Catholic” (1196–1213)7

Jaume I/Jaime I “the Conqueror” (1213–1276)8

Pere II/Pedro III “the Great” (1276–1285)9

Alfons II/Alfonso III “the Liberal” (1285–1291)10 Jaume II/Jaime II “the Just” (1291–1327)

1 First King of Aragon; son of Sancho III Garces,´ King of Navarre. 2 Descendant of Guifre´ “the Hairy,” vassal of in the Marcae Hispaniae. 3 Conquered and Barbastro. 4 Conquered , Cinco Villas, Jalon,´ Jiloca, and middle and upper Ebro valleys. Incursion to Granada. 5 With betrothal to Petronila in 1137 united Barcelona and Aragon. Conquered and . Recovered territory from resurgent Almohads. Established Barcelona over rival counties. 6 First -King of Barcelona-Aragon, and Count of . Recovered territory from Almohads. 7 Routed Almohads at Las Navas de Tolosa (1212). Killed at Muret in battle against Simon de Montfort; Aragonese influence in , and Provence declines as a result. 8 Count of , King of Mallorca (from 1232) and of Valencia (from 1238), subdued Menorca and Denia. By treaty of Corbeil (1258) annulled vassalage of to the French Crown. At his death Mallorca and passed to younger son, Jaume II of Mallorca. 9 Subdued Valencia, conquered , annexed Sicily; war with Mallorca, , and Papacy. 10 Annexed Menorca, faced Uniones;war with Castile, Mallorca, France, and Papacy. 411