Kings of Aragon

The Kingdom of Aragon was created when Sancho III of Navarre partitioned his kingdom between his three sons 1035. Then Aragon was just an insignificant mountain kingdom, but it grew expanded considerably during the Reconquista. Of great importance was the union with the county of Barcelona 116= When Fernando the Catholic became king 1479 he was already regent over Castile where his wife Isabel was queen, Castile and Aragon was thereby united in the kingdom of Spain.

When the Roman Empire collapsed the Visigoths created a kingdom of their own on the Iberian Peninsula. The Arabs conquered that kingdom in the beginning of the 8th century but resistance against the Muslim invaders continued in the north and several Christian petty kingdoms were created. These kingdoms were often merged together to form larger kingdoms while they also re-conquered the lands controlled by the Muslims (the Reconquista). Aragon and Castile were the most important kingdoms and when they were united 1479 by Isabel and Fernando’s the kingdom of Spain was created. 1492 was the last Muslim state, Granada, conquered. Portugal and Navarre were unified with Spain during the 16th century but Portugal regained its independence after a rebellion 1640. ..... continued

Maps of Aragon

King Alfonso V "el Magnanimo"

• A1 = Count Bello of Carcassone, lvd:812;
  • B1 = Count Sunifredo of Barcelona;
    • C1 = Count Wifredo I 'el Velloso', lvd:878/897, m. Widnille of Flanders;  ==>  Flanders
      • D1 = Count Suniario I, lvd:911/947, m. Richilde de Rouergue;
        • E1 = Count Borell II of Barcelona, lvd:966/992, m. Richilde de Rouergue;
          • F1 = Count Ramon Borell I, lvd:992/1018, m. Luitgarde de Toulouse;
            • G1 ~ Godehilde Borrel, m. Roger de Toeni of Conches;  <==  Stafford family
            • G2 = Count Berenguer Ramon 'el Cuervo' of Barcelona, lvd:1017/1035, m. Adelaide of Normandy;
              • H1 = Sibylle of Barcelona, b:1035, m. Henri de Bourgogne;  <==  Kings of Portugal
              • H2 = Count Ramon Berenguer I 'el Viejo', lvd:1035/1076, m. Almodis de La Marche;
                • I1 = Count Ramon Berenguer II 'Cabeza le Estopa', lvd:1076/1082, m. Mahalta of Apulia;  ==>  de Hauteville
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  • J1 = Count Ramon Berenguer III 'el Grande', lvd:1082/1131, m. Dolça de Gévaudaun;
    • K1 = Count Ramon Berenguer IV 'the Saint', lvd:1113/1162, m. Queen Petronille of Aragon;  ==>  Kings of Navarre
      • L1 = Dulcia of Aragon, lvd:1159/1198, m. King Sancho I Martino of Portugal;  <==  Kings of Portugal
      • L2 = King Ramon Alfonso II of Aragon, lvd:1162/1196, m. Sancha of Castile;
        • M1 .. Constanza, lvd:1196/1213, m. King Imre of Hungary;
        • M2 = Count Alfonso II of Provence, lvd:1180/1209, m. Gersende of Forcalquier;
          • N1 = Count Raimund Berengar I of Provence and Forcalquier, lvd:1198/1245, m. Beatrice of Savoy;  ==>  House of Savoy
            • O1 = Beatrice, m. King Charles of Sicily;  <==  House of Capet
            • O2 = Eleanor, m. King Henry III of England;  <==  Plantagenet
            • O3 = Marguerite, m. King Louis IX of France;  <==  House of Capet
        • M3 = King Pedro II 'el Catolico' of Aragon, lvd:1196/1213, m. Marie de Montpellier;  ==>  Komnenos
          • N1 = Violante, lvd:1236/1301, m. King Alfonso X of Castile and Leon;  <==  House of Castile
          • N2 = King Jaime I 'el Conquistado' of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca, lvd:1213/1276, m. Jolán of Hungary;  ==>  House of Árpád
            • O1 = Princess Isabella, lvd:1239/1285, m. King Philippe III of France;  <==  House of Capet
            • O2 = King Pedro III ''el Grande' of Aragon and Sicily, lvd:1239/1285, m. Constance von Hohenstaufen;  ==>  Hohenstaufen family
              • P1 = Isabel 'the Saint', lvd:1239/1285, m. King Diniz I;  <==  Kings of Portugal
              • P2 -- King Jaime II, lvd:1267/1327, m. Blanche of Anjou;  ==>  House of Capet
                • Q1 -- Constanza of Aragon, lvd:1300/1327, m. Juan Manuel Sn de Penafiel;  <==  House of Castile
                • Q2 -- King Alfonso IV of Aragon, lvd:1299/1336, m. Teresa of Urgel;
                  • R1 -- King Pedro IV of Aragon, lvd:1319/1387, m. Leonor * of Sicily;
                    • S1 -- Leonor, lvd:1358/1382, m. King Juan I of Castile and Leon;  <==  House of Castile
              • P3 = King Frederigo of Sicily, lvd:1272/1337, m. Eleonore of Anjou;  ==>  House of Capet
                • Q1 ~ Elizabetta, d:1349, m. Duke Stefan II of Bavaria;  <==  House of Wittelsbach
                • Q2 -- King Pietro II, lvd:1304/1342, m. Elizabeth of Carinthia;  ==>  Counts of Görz
                  • R1 -- Leonor * of Sicily, lvd:1325/1375, m. King Pedro IV of Aragon (see above);