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3 unusual facts about kingdom of Aragon


Aragon, Aude

The name could come from the Kingdom of Aragon and dates from the 11th century but some propose Celtic or Greco-Celtic origins meaning a place near a battle or near the wilderness.

John of Lusignan

Loysia of Lusignan, (probably) married after March 19, 1406 her cousin Eudes of Lusignan (d. Palermo, 1421), Titular Seneschal of Jerusalem, in the service of the King of Aragon, son of James I of Lusignan, King of Cyprus, and wife Helvis or Helisia of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, without issue

Lagarde, Ariège

The Château de Lagarde is an imposing medieval building constructed in the 11th century with the first square tower (1063–1065) by Ramiro I, King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona.


Arrigo della Rocca

Since 1299, Corsica had been colonized by the Republic of Genoa in a bid to impose its domination over the whole Western Mediterranean against the rival kingdom of Aragon.

Partisan of an aristocratic regime, he was supported by the kingdom of Aragon and opposed by the plebeians and the Republic of Genoa.

Betulia liberata

It was commissioned in March 1771 by Giuseppe Ximenes, Prince of Aragon, while Mozart and his father Leopold were on the way home to Salzburg from their first journey to Italy.

Decimomannu

This victory gave Pisa supremacy until the victory of the Aragonese (from the Iberian Peninsula) in 1323.

García Sánchez III of Navarre

He was the eldest legitimate son and heir of Sancho the Great, born November 1016, and he succeeded his father to the crown of Navarre, becoming feudal overlord over two of his brothers: Ramiro, who was given lands that would serve as the basis for the kingdom of Aragón; and Gonzalo, who received the counties of Sobrarbe and Ribagorza.

João Soares de Paiva

He held lands in northern Portugal near the falls of the river Paiva and also in Aragon, near Monzón, Tudela, and Pamplona, near the border with Navarre, as fiefs of the King of Aragon.

Monzón Castle

Built during the tenth century by the Banu Hud dynasty of the Taifa of Zaragoza, Aragonese forces captured the castle in 1089 when it was conquered by Sancho Ramírez.

Order of Montesa

King James II persuaded Pope John XXII to permit him to regroup the Templar properties in Aragon and Valencia, and to create a new military order not essentially differing from that of the Templars, which should be charged with the defence of the frontier against the Moors and the pirates.

Roda de Isábena

Located near the Isàvena river, the county of Ribagorza was one of the founding domains from which was built the Kingdom of Aragon.


see also

Eudoxia Laskarina

After the Palaiologan usurpation of the imperial throne, both ladies (dowager empress Constance and Eudokia) fled, travelling the same route from Constantinople to Tende and Sicily respectively and, years later, both sought protection at the kingdom of Aragon under king James I.

Paridera

The paridera is a traditional building in grazing areas of the ancient kingdom of Aragon, southern Soria and northern Guadalajara.