Pierre III of Aragon
Pierre III Large the (1239 - November 11th 1285), was count-king de Barcelone of 1276 with 1285 and king of Aragon ( Pierre III ) and of Valence ( Pierre Ier ). First wire of the second marriage of the king Jacques I {{er}} '' the Conqueror '' with Yolande of Hungary, it receives in a first project of division gone back to 1241 the heritage of Valence, of the Balearic Islands, of Roussillon and Cerdagne. After the death of his/her mother in 1251, it is entrusted to the care of Jaspert IV, Viscount of Castelnou, Guillaume de Castelnou, brother of the precedent, Gilabert de Cruïlles and Alón de Hostes.
In 1262, it married Constance of Sicily, girl and heiress of Manfred '' of Hohenstaufen ''. After the Sicilian Vespers (March 30th 1282), it seized the island of Sicily and became king de Sicile ( Pierre Ier ) of 1282 with 1285.
The relationship between Pierre (Father) III of Aragon, the elder one, and Jacques (Jaume) Ier de Majorque, the junior, both wire of Jacques Ier '' the Conqueror '', were always tended. King d' Aragon saw the grounds of his brother (Roussillon and Balearic Islands, the capital being located at Perpignan) like a wart in his, whereas king de Majorque saw a coherent entity there. About 1280, Pierre III undertook the rise of Canigou, crowned mountain of the Catalans, and overhanging the plain of Roussillon precisely controlled by his brother. It is the first rise known in the history of Europe.
The war against Charles I {{er}} of Anjou, folded up with Naples, continued until in 1285. This year, the king of France Philippe III '' Bold the '' carried out a forwarding called Croisade of Aragon, aiming at giving to Charles, his own fifteen year old son, the throne of Aragon. This crusade was a failure for the king of France. The disease decimated its army. Itself, reached dysentery, arrived at Perpignan, the capital of its ally Jacques Ier de Majorque, to die there. In spite of this success, Pierre III, mined by the continual wars of his reign, died a few months afterwards.
After its death, it left Aragon, Valence and Barcelona to his oldest son Alphonse III, king of 1285 with 1291, while the junior, under the name of Jacques Ier , received Sicily.
The early death of Alphonse III, in 1291, made return Aragon, Valence and Barcelona in the hands of his/her brother, who became king under the name of Jacques II '' the Juste '' (1291-1337)
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