D'aragon, Pedro III 1a

Birth Name D'aragon, Pedro III
Gender male
Age at Death about 36 years

Narrative

Name Prefix:<NPFX> King Of Aragon
King Of Aragón and count Of Barcelona (1276-85) and king Of
Sicily (1282-85); son and successor Of James I. In 1280 hee
stablished Aragonese influence on the northern shores OfAfr
ica. From his marriage (1262) to Constance, daughter and he
irOf Manfred Of Sicily, were derived the claims Of the hous
e OfAragón to Sicily and Southern Italy. After the insurrec
tion Ofthe Sicilian Vespers against Charles I Of Anjou, Pet
er wasoffered the crown Of Sicily and took possession Of th
e island(1282). Pope Martin IV excommunicatedhim and declar
ed himdeprived Of his states on the basis Of Peter II's dec
laration Ofvassalage to the Holy See. A crusade against Ara
gón wasorganized by the pope and the French, who invaded Ca
talonia butwere repulsed by Peter and defeated at sea by Ro
ger Of Loria.Peter's Sicilian venture was unpopular with th
e Aragonesenobility and towns, and he was compelled to gran
t them wideprivileges to quell their opposition. He founde
d the firstuniversity in Aragón at Huesca. Peter was succee
ded in Aragón byhis eldest son, Alfonso III, and in Sicil
y by his second son,James (later James II Of Aragón).

CHAN23 Aug 2007

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1249 Aragon Spain    
Death 1285      

Age: 36y

Christening E3523C7805714A10866B2412379AD93AC4CE      

Families

Family of D'aragon, Pedro III and Hohenstauffen, Constance

Married Wife Hohenstauffen, Constance ( * 1249 + 1302 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1262   Religious Marriage  
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
D'aragon, James1327
D'aragon, Alfonso III12651291
Of Sicily, Frederick II12721337-06-25

Source References

  1. Robert Gantt: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=robertgantt&id=P23844 Gantt and McAbee Family
      • Source text:

         

        ID: P23844
        Name: Elvira Alphonsez Of Castile And Leon
        Sex: F
        Birth: 1102
        Death: 8 Feb 1135-1136
        UID: 4735B5E76B1248049E7D8C186F24D2787D49
        Note: CHAN23 Aug 2007

         

         

        Father: Alfonso VI "The Valiant" Of Castile And Leon b: Jun 1040 in Burgos, Burgos, Spain
        Mother: Zaida Al Mu'tadid b: 1061 in Denia, Alicante, Spain

        Marriage 1 Roger II Guiscard Of Sicily b: 1095
        Married:
        Children
        Has Children Constance Of Sicily b: Bef 1154 in Sicily

      • Citation:

        e-mail: robert.gantt@sbcglobal.net