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  James I of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James I of Aragon (Catalan: Jaume I, Spanish: Jaime I) (Montpellier February 2, 1208 July 27, 1276), surnamed the Conqueror, was the king of Aragon, count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276.
Constanza of Aragon (1239-1269), married Juan Manuel of Castile, son of Ferdinand III of Castile
At the close of his life King James divided his states between his sons by Yolande of Hungary, Peter receiving the Hispanic possessions on the mainland and James, the Kingdom of Majorca (the Balearic Islands and the counties of Roussillon and Cerdagne) and the Lordship of Montpellier, a division which inevitably produced fratricidal conflicts.
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James I of Aragon (Catalan: Jaume I) (Montpellier February 2, 1208 - July 27, 1276), surnamed the Conqueror, was the king of Aragon, count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276.
James was now entrusted to the care of Guillen de Monredon, the head of the Knights Templar in Spain and Provence.
At the close of his life King James divided his states between his sons by Yolande of Hungary, Peter receiving the Hispanic possessions on the mainland and James, the Kingdom of Majorca (the [[Balearic Islands) and the Lordship of Montpellier, a division which inevitably produced fratricidal conflicts.
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 JAMES I. OF ARAGON - LoveToKnow Article on JAMES I. OF ARAGON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
JAMES V. (I 5121542), king of Scotland, son of James IV., was born at Linlithgow on the 10th of April 1512, and became king when his father was killed at Flodden in 1513.
Henceforward the minority of James was disturbed by constant quarrels between a faction, generally favorable to England, under Angus, and the partisans of France under Albany; while the queen-mother and the nobles struggled to gain and to regain possession of the kings person.
JAMES I., the Conqueror (12081276), king of Aragon, son of Peter II., king of Aragon, and of Mary of Montpellier, whose mother was Eudoxia Comnena, daughter of the emperor Manuel, was born at Montpellier on the 2nd of February 1208.
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 JAMES II. OF ARAGON - LoveToKnow Article on JAMES II. OF ARAGON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
At the close of his life King James divided his states between his sons by Yolande of Hungary, Pedro and James, leaving the Spanish possessions on the mainland to the first, the Balearic Islands and the lordship of Montpellier to the seconda division which inevitably produced fratricidal conflicts.
King James was the author of a chronicle of his own life, written or dictated apparently at different times, which is a very fine example of autobiographical literature.
JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766), prince of Wales, known to the Jacobites as James III.
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 James II of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James II, King of Aragon (10 August 1267 – 2 November 1327), in Spanish Jaime II, in Catalan Jaume II, also James II of Barcelona, called The Just (Catalan: El Just) was the second son of Peter III of Aragon and Constance of Sicily.
He succeeded his father as King of Sicily in 1285, and was then known as "James I of Sicily." Upon his brother Alfonso III's death in 1291, he succeeded also to the throne of Aragon.
His first wife was Elizabeth of Castile, daughter of Sancho IV of Castile, but that marriage was dissolved after Sancho's death, when James choose to change his alliances and take advantage of the turmoil inside Castile.
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 Chapter 9: A History of Aragon and Catalonia
The kingdom of Mallorca was to be held as a fief of the Crown of Aragon.
James agreed to divorce his wife Isabella upon the usual medieval excuse of consanguinity, to marry Blanche, the daughter of King Charles of Naples, and to return all the territory that he had taken from France or from the Church.
James of Aragon had been invited to Rome by Boniface in February 1296; the Pope offered him the post of commander-in-chief of the papal forces against the enemies of the Church, but the position of affairs in Castile gave James a reasonable excuse for declining the invitation.
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James II c.1260–1327, king of AragOn and count of Barcelona (1291–1327), king of Sicily (1285–95).
James defended Sicily against the claims of Charles II of Naples until 1295, when he relinquished the island in exchange for the title to Sardinia and Corsica.
James was succeeded in AragOn by his son Alfonso IV.
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 JAMES I OF ARAGON FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
James I of Aragon (Catalan: ''Jaume I'', Spanish: ''Jaime I'') (Montpellier February_2, 1208 – July_27, 1276), surnamed ''the Conqueror'', was the king of Aragon, count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276.
After a false start at uniting Aragon with Navarre through a scheme of mutual adoption, James turned to the south and the Mediterranean, conquered the Balearic_Islands (from 1228 over the following four years) and Valencia (the city capitulated September_28, 1238).
At the close of his life King James divided his states between his sons by Yolande of Hungary, Peter receiving the Hispanic possessions on the mainland and James, the Kingdom_of_Majorca (the Balearic_Islands and the counties of Roussillon and Cerdagne) and the Lordship of Montpellier, a division which inevitably produced fratricidal conflicts.
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James was the name of seven Kings of Scotland, two of whom were Kings of England as well.
James VII and II's son, James Francis Edward Stuart, the "Old Pretender," was called by the Jacobites James VIII of Scotland and III of England.
James is the name of a band from Manchester, England, formed in 1982 and, according to reports, dissolved sometime in 2001, probably best known for their hit single, "Laid".
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 James I of Aragon
James I of Aragon (Catalan: Jaume I) (February 2, 1208 - July 27, 1276), surnamed the Conqueror, was the king of Aragon and count of Barcelona from 1213 to 1276.
He conquered Valencia and the Balearic Islands, and divided his domains between his two sons: Peter II of Aragon, who got most of them, and the younger James II of Majorca[?], who got Roussillon and the Balearic Islands.
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 AllRefer.com - James I, king of AragOn and count of Barcelona (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
James I, king of AragOn and count of Barcelona, Spanish And Portuguese History, Biographies
James I (James the Conqueror), 1208–76, king of AragOn and count of Barcelona (1213–76), son and successor of Peter II.
After a minority was disturbed by private wars among the nobles, James soon consolidated royal power and tried to create a new nobility dependent on him.
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Peter II of Aragón was killed in 1213 fighting the French invasion of Toulouse led by Simon de Montfort.
Under Islamic rule since the 8th century, the Balearic Islands (Majorca) were invaded by James I of Aragón (1213-1276).
James and Louis IX of France exchanged reciprocal claims of their crowns on Languedoc and Roussillon, respectively.
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 James I on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Say goodbye to mud and drugs A rock festival used to mean great music and greater chaos; then the Chablis set moved in, with their designer tents and massage zones.
James Camille was visiting his aunt in Cite Soleil, Haiti, when shooting broke out and a bullet tore through both of his legs.
James Bevel's grandfather was freed as a slave in Selma, Alabama, in 1865.
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 James I of Aragon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
James was now entrusted to the care of Guillen de Monredon, the head of the (Click link for more info and facts about Knights Templar) Knights Templar in (A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power) Spain and Provence.
With the French, James endeavoured to form a state straddling the (A chain of mountains between France and Spain) Pyrenees, to counterbalance the power of France north of the (A French river; flows into the North Atlantic) Loire.
As with the earlier (A member of the western group of Goths who sacked Rome and created a kingdom in present-day Spain and southern France) Visigothic attempt, this policy was victim of physical, cultural and political obstacles.
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 James I of Aragon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
James I of Aragon (Catalan languageCatalan: ''Jaume I'', Spanish languageSpanish: ''Jaime I'') (Montpellier February 2, 1208 – July 27, 1276), surnamed ''the Conqueror'', was the Kings of Aragonking of Aragon, count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276/.
During his remaining two decades, James warred with the Moors in Murcia, on behalf of his son-in-law Alfonso X of CastileAlphonso the Wise of Castile/.
At the close of his life King James divided his states between his sons by Yolande of Hungary, Peter III of AragonPeter receiving the Hispanic possessions on the mainland and James, the Kingdom of Majorca (the Balearic Islands/) and the Lordship of Montpellier, a division which inevitably produced fratricidal conflicts.
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 James I de Aragon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
James I de Aragon (catalan: Jaume I) (Montpellier de febrero el 2 de 1208 - de julio el 27, 1276), apellidó a conqueror, era el rey de Aragon, de la cuenta de Barcelona y del señor de Montpellier a partir de 1213 a 1276.
Después de que un comienzo falso en la unión de Aragon con Navarra con un esquema de la adopción mutua, James girara al sur y al mediterráneo, conquistado las islas balearic (a partir del excedente el 1228 los cuatro años siguientes) y Valencia (la ciudad capitulada de septiembre el 28 de 1238).
Rey James escribió o dictó en las varias etapas un chronicle de su propia vida, los "fets de Llibre Dels" en catalan, que es el primer uno mismo-self-chronicle de un rey cristiano.
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 James I, king of Aragon and count of Barcelona. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
James I, king of Aragon and count of Barcelona.
(James the Conqueror), 1208–76, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1213–76), son and successor of Peter II.
Another son was king of Majorca as James I. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
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 James I of Aragon
James I of Aragon (Catalan: Jaume I, Spanish: Jaime I) (Montpellier February 2, 1208 – July 27, 1276), surnamed the Conqueror, was the king of Aragon, count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276.
Constanza of Aragon (1239-1269), married Juan Manuel of Castile
The article about James I of Aragon contains information related to James I of Aragon, External link and Reference.
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King James I of ARAGON was born about 1208 in Montpellier.
King Pedro III of ARAGON The Great was born in 1236 in Aragon (King of Sicily 1282-1285).
He died in 1285 in Aragon (Peter III King of Aragon.
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 Medieval Sourcebook: Iberia
James I of Aragon: Grant of Trade Privileges to Barcelona, 1232
James I of Aragon: Improvement of Harbor Facilities in Barcelona, 1243
Ordinance of the Jews of the Crown of Aragon, 1354 CE This ordinance or takkanah was the product of an increased sense of Jewish vulnerability in the years after the Black Death (1348).
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 Chapter 5: A History of Aragon and Catalonia
Navarre had separated from Aragon after the death of the Battler, and had extended its boundaries; both kings wished to reduce it to its former limits, and while Navarre retained its independence, both Castile and Aragon annexed some parts of its frontier lands.
The marriage was not a success; Pedro was a faithless and dissolute husband and the birth of his son, James, is said to have been the result of a deception by which his wife was substituted for another lady of his fancy.
The advance of Aragon in Valencia and incursions made by the Castilians in Andalucía had alarmed the Moors who began to concentrate their forces for a decisive battle.
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 JAMES I - Online Information article about JAMES I
James was now entrusted to the care of Guillen de Monredon, the See also:
broke down, and James abstained from a policy of conquest.
close of his life King James divided his states between his sons by Yolande of Hungary, Pedro and James, leaving the Spanish possessions on the mainland to the first, the Balearic Islands and the lordship of Montpellier to the second—a See also:
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 James II, king of Aragon and count of Barcelona. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
James II, king of Aragon and count of Barcelona.
James II, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona
James was succeeded in Aragón by his son Alfonso IV.
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 I21721: James I "The Conqueror" (King of Aragon) (1213 - 1276)
I21721: James I "The Conqueror" (King of Aragon) (1213 - 1276)
James I (of Aragn), called The Conqueror (1208-76), king of Aragn (1213-76), son of King Pedro II (1174-1213), born in Montpellier, France.
Sixteen years later James began his conquest of the Balearic Islands, gaining full control in 1235.
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