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4 unusual facts about Alfonso II of Aragon


Alfonso II of Aragon

Another milestone in this alliance was the Treaty of Cazorla between the two kings in 1179, delineating zones of conquest in the south along the watershed of the rivers Júcar and Segura.

Alphonso I of Spain

Alfonso II of Aragon, aka Alfons I, Count of Barcelona, (1162–1196) known as el Cast (the Chaste) or el Trobador (the Troubadour)

Gilbert Horal

In Spain, the Templars took an active part in the Reconquista, and in 1196 were given the fortress of Alfambra by Alfonso II of Aragon as a reward for their efforts in the battle.

Santa Caterina a Formiello

In the chapel next to that, of St James, are collected the remains of 240 Martyrs of Otranto, that Alfonso II of Aragon had moved to Naples in 1574.


Monge de Montaudon

In this way he greatly improved the state of his priorate and, upon his request, was released from his monastic vocation by his abbot to follow Alfonso II of Aragon, whose vassal the viscount of Carlat and lord of Vic was.

Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse

6. January 1204, in Perpignan, he married his last wife Eleanor of Aragon, daughter of King Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile.


see also

Sancha of Castile

Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1154/5 – 1208), daughter of King Alfonso VII of Castile by his second queen, Richeza of Poland; wife of Alfonso II of Aragon