James I of Aragon - 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 first married, in 1221, Eleanor, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile, and then, in 1235, Violant of Hungary, daughter of Andreas II of Hungary. 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. Preceded by: Peter II of Aragon List of Aragonese monarchs Followed by: Peter III of Aragon.
James II of Aragon - James II of Aragon James II of Aragon, a.k.a. James I of Sicily, second son of Peter III of Aragon, a.k.a. Peter I of Sicily. Preceded by: Alfonso III of Aragon List of Aragonese monarchs Followed by: Alfonso IV of Aragon Preceded by: Peter I of Sicily Monarchs of Naples and Sicily Followed by: Frederick III of Sicily.
John I of Aragon - John I of Aragon John I (1350-1395), king of Aragon, was the son of Peter IV. and his third wife Eleanor of Sicily. He was born on December 27 1350, and died by a fall from his horse, like his namesake, cousin and contemporary of Castile. He was a man of insignificant character, with a taste for artificial verse. This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. Preceded by: Peter IV of Aragon List of Aragonese monarchs Followed by: Martin I of Aragon.
John II of Aragon - John II of Aragon John II (1397-1479), king of Aragon, son of Ferdinand I and of his wife Eleanor of Albuquerque, born on June 29 1397, was one of the most stirring and most unscrupulous kings of the 15th century. In his youth he was one of the infantes (princes) of Aragon who took part in the dissensions of Castile during the minority and reign of John II. Till middle life he was also lieutenant-general in Aragon for his brother and predecessor Alfonso V, whose reign was mainly spent in Italy. In his old age he was engaged in incessant conflicts with his Aragonese and Catalan subjects, with Louis XI of France, and in preparing the way for the marriage of his son Ferdinand with Isabella of Castile.
Ferdinand II of Aragon - Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II of Aragon, surnamed the Catholic (March 10, 1452 - June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples and Navarre. He became Ferdinand V of Castile when he married Isabella I of Castile. They united their two kingdoms, running them as one country though they remained officially separate. He was also the king of Sicily (as II) from 1468 to 1516 and Naples (as III) from 1504 to 1516. Ferdinand also conquered the southern half of Navarre and annexed it to Spain. Since he was a widower by then, he married Germana of Foix. After Isabella left her kingdom to her daughter Joanna, Ferdinand served as her regent during her insanity. Though rebuffed by the Castilian nobility and replaced with Joanna's.
Alfonso I of Aragon - Alfonso I of Aragon Alfonso I of Aragon 'the Battler' (circa 1073-1134, king of Aragon and Navarre 1104-1134). Son of Sancho I of Aragon, successor of his brother Peter I of Aragon. Conquered many places in the Ebro valley: Egea, Tudela, Zaragoza, Calatayud, Borja, Tarazona, Daroca, and Monreal del Campo. Died in September 1134 after an unsuccessful battle with the Moors at the siege of Fraga. A passionate fighting-man (he fought twenty-nine battles against Christian or Moor), he was married in 1109 to Urraca of Castile, widow of Raymond of Burgundy, a very dissolute and passionate woman. The marriage had been arranged by Alfonso VI of Castile in 1106 to unite the two chief Christian states against the Almoravides, and to supply them with a capable military.
Alfonso III of Aragon - Alfonso III of Aragon Alfonso III of Aragon (1265 - June 18, 1291), surnamed the Liberal, was the king of Aragon and count of Barcelona from 1285 to 1291. He was a son of Peter III of Aragon. He conquered the island of Minorca in 1287. His inability to resist the demands of his nobles left a heritage of trouble in Aragon. By recognising their right to rebel in the articles called the Union he helped to make anarchy permanent. Preceded by: Peter III of Aragon List of Aragonese monarchs Followed by: James II of Aragon.
Alfonso IV of Aragon - Alfonso IV of Aragon Alfonso IV of Aragon, surnamed the Kind was the king of Aragon and count of Barcelona from 1327 to 1336. Born in 1299 and died January 24 1366, he was a son of James II of Aragon and Blanche of Anjou. Preceded by: James II of Aragon List of Aragonese monarchs Followed by: Peter IV of Aragon.
Alfonso V of Aragon - Alfonso V of Aragon Alfonso V of Aragon (a.k.a. Alfonso I of Naples), surnamed the Magnanimous, was the king of Aragon and Naples and count of Barcelona from 1416 to 1458. Born 1396 and died June 27 1458, he was a son of Ferdinand I of Aragon (a.k.a. Ferdinand of Antequera). He represented the old line of the counts of Barcelona only through women, and was on his father's side descended from the House of Trastamara, a noble family of Castile, is one of the most conspicuous figures of the early Renaissance. No man of his time had a larger share of the quality called by the Italians of the day "virtue." By hereditary right he was king of Sicily. Disputed the island of Sardinia with Genoa,.
Kimbolton Castle - final home (or prison) of King Henry VIII's first queen, Katherine of Aragon. She was sent here in April 1534 for refusing to give up her status or deny the validity of her marriage. The fenland climate damaged her health, and she died here in January 1536. The building underwent several phases of restoration in successive centuries, ending up as a school..
Kit Williams - had come across 'treasure hunts' in which the puzzles were not exciting nor the treasure worth finding. So I decided to make a real treasure, of gold, bury it in the ground and paint real puzzles to lead people to it. The key was to be Catherine of Aragon's cross at Ampthill, near Bedford, casting a shadow like the pointer of a sundial." When the book was published in 1979 the world went crazy, selling hundreds of thousands of copies world wide, obviously many in the UK, but also in Australia, South Africa, Germany, Japan, France and the USA to name but a few. The treasure was found about two years after the book was published..
Kimbolton - town. The centrepiece of the village is Kimbolton Castle which forms the main building of Kimbolton School (formerly a boarding school), but its predecessor on the same site was once home and prison to Catherine of Aragon, one of the wives of Henry VIII..
Kings of Spain family tree - kingdom of Spain. Since Spain, as a united country dates from the 15th century only, the former kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Leon and Asturias are included. Navarre (see Kings of Navarre family tree) was also an independent kingdom. See also: Spain - History of Spain - List of Spanish monarchs Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Kingdom of Aragon 2 Kingdom of Castile 3 Kingdom of Leon 4 Kingdom of Asturias 5 Kingdom of Spain (united) Kingdom of Aragon Kingdom of Castile Kingdom of Leon Kingdom of Asturias Kingdom of Spain (united).
Kingdom of Mallorca - of Mallorca The Kingdom of Mallorca was created by James I of Aragon (Jaume I, "The Conqueror") as a vassal kingdom of the Kingdom of Aragon. It included the Balearic Islands, Majorca and Minorca, which were conquered from the Moors; the islands of Formentera and Ibiza, more properly known as the Illes Pitiüses, but commonly included as Balearics; the counties of Rosselló and Cerdanya (approximately the present-day Catalunya del Nord); and the territories James retained in Occitània (la seignorie of Montpellier, the viscounty of Carladès and the barony of Omelàs). On James's death, this kingdom passed to his second son, who raigned under the naem James II of Mallorca. The kings of Mallorca were: James (Jaume) I (reigned 1231-1276), creator of the kingdom. James (Jaume) II (reigned 1276-1311). Alfonso (Alfons) II.
Knights Templar - participants in the Crusade - over time this grew into a new basis of money as Templars became increasingly involved in banking activities. It is some indication of their powerful political connections that the Templars' involvement in usury did not lead to more controversy within the Order and the church at large. The Templars political connections and awareness of the essentially urban and commercial nature of the Outremer communities naturally led the Order to a position of significant power both in Europe and the Holy Lands. Their success attracted the jealousy and greed of many other Orders and eventually that of the nobility and monarchs of Europe as well, who were at this time seeking to monopolize control of money and banking after a long chaotic period in which civil society,.
Knights of the Garter (1349-1699) - 7th Lord Talbot (app 1424) Thomas Scales, 7th Lord Scales (1425) Sir John Fastolf (1426) Peter, Duke of Coimbra, third son of King John I of Portugal (1427) Humphrey Stafford, 6th Earl of Stafford (1429) Sir John Radcliffe (1429) John Fitzalan, 14th Earl of Arundel (1432) Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, grandson of Edmund of Langley (1433) Edward, King of Portugal, nephew of King Henry IV (app 1435) Edmund Beaufort, Count of Mortain, Constable of England, Regent of France (1436) Sir John Grey (app c.1436) Richard Nevill, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Lord Chancellor (app c.1438) Albert, Duke of Austria, later Emperor (1438, but never installed) Gaston de Foix, Captal de Buch (app c.1438) William Nevill, Lord Fauconberge (app c.1439) John Beaufort, 3rd Earl of Somerset, the grandfather of King Henry VII.
January 31 - contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England. 1747 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital. 1849 - Corn Laws abolished in the United Kingdom. 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. 1876 - The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations. 1814 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina. 1915 - World War I: Germany uses poison gas against Russians. 1917 - World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare. 1928 - 3M begins marketing Scotch tape. 1929 - The.
January 24 - Roman emperor (†138) 1712 - King Frederick II of Prussia (†1786) 1776 - E.T.A. Hoffmann, poet, composer, and painter (†1822) 1862 - Edith Wharton, writer (†1937) 1888 - Vicki Baum, writer (†1960) 1888 - Ernst Heinkel, aircraft designer (†1958) 1895 - Eugen Roth, lyricist and narrator (†1976) 1917 - Ernest Borgnine, actor 1918 - Oral Roberts, evangelist 1925 - Maria Tallchief, prima ballerina 1928 - Desmond Morris, anthropologist, writer 1939 - Doug Kershaw, musician 1939 - Ray Stevens, country music musician 1943 - Sharon Tate, actress (†1969) 1944 - Neil Diamond, singer 1946 - Michael Ontkean, actor 1947 - Warren Zevon, American musician-songwriter (†2003) 1949 - John Belushi, actor (†1982) 1958 - Jools Holland, musician 1960 - Nastassja Kinski, actress 1968.
January 7 - the United States, from 1850-1853 (†1874) 1831 - Heinrich von Stephan, organizer of the German postal union and founder of the Universal postal union (†1897) 1834 - Johann Philipp Reis, physicist and inventor (†1874) 1871 - Felix Édouard Justin Émile Borel, mathematician, politician, statesmen, member of the French Resistance during World War II (†1956) 1873 - Adolph Zukor, producer (†1976) 1890 - Henny Porten, actress (†1960) 1891 - Zora Neale Hurston, author (†1960) 1898 - Rudolf Fernau, actor (†1985) 1899 - Francis Poulenc, composer (†1963) 1901? - Zora Neale Hurston, writer (†1960) 1910 - Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas, segregationist (†1994) 1911 - Butterfly McQueen, actress (†1995) 1912 - Charles Addams, cartoonist (†1988) 1912 - Günther Wand, conductor.
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