List of Aragonese monarchs

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This is a list of the kings and queens of Aragon. The Kingdom of Aragon was created sometime between 950 and 1035 when the County of Aragon, which had been acquired by the Kingdom of Navarre in the tenth century, was separated from Navarre in accordance with the will of King Sancho III (1004–35). In 1164, the marriage of the Aragonese princess Petronila (Kingdom of Aragon) and the Catalan count Ramon Berenguer IV (County of Barcelona) created a dynastic union from which what modern historians call the Crown of Aragon was born. In the thirteenth century the kingdoms of Valencia, Majorca and Sicily were added to the Crown, and in the fourteenth the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica. The Crown of Aragon continued to exist until 1713 when its separate constitutional systems (Catalan Constitutions, Aragon Fueros, and Furs of Valencia) were swept away in the Nueva Planta decrees at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession.

Coat of Arms of the Crown of Aragon

With the death of Sancho III of Pamplona, Aragon was inherited by his son Ramiro as an autonomous state.

Name Birth Marriages Death
Ramiro I
February 1035 – 8 May 1063
1007
son of Sancho III of Pamplona and Sancha de Aybar
Ermesinda of Bigorre
22 August 1036
5 children
8 May 1063
Graus
Sancho Ramírez
(also King of Pamplona from 1076)
8 May 1063 – 4 June 1094
1042
son of Ramiro I of Aragon and Ermesinda of Bigorre
Isabella of Urgell
1065
1 child

Felicia of Roucy
1076
3 children
4 June 1094
Huesca
aged 48
Peter I
(also King of Pamplona)
4 June 1094 – 28 September 1104
1068
son of Sancho Ramírez and Isabella of Urgell
Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and Navarre
1086
2 children

Bertha of Aragon
1097
No children
28 September 1104
Aran Valley
aged 36
Alfonso I
(also King of Pamplona)
28 September 1104 – 8 September 1134
1073
son of Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón and Navarre and Felicia of Roucy
Urraca of León
1109
No children
8 September 1134
Huesca
aged 61
Ramiro II the Monk
8 September 1134 – 13 November 1137
24 April 1086
son of Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón and Navarre and Felicia of Roucy
Agnes of Aquitaine
1 child
16 August 1157
Huesca
aged 71
Petronilla
13 November 1137 – 18 July 1164
29 July 1136
Huesca
daughter of Ramiro II of Aragon and Agnes of Aquitaine
Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona
11 August 1137
5 children
16 October 1174
Barcelona
aged 38
Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Alfonso II
18 July 1164 – 25 April 1196
  1157
Huesca[1]
son of Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon
Sancha of Castile
7 children
25 April 1196
Perpignan
aged 44
Peter II
25 April 1196 – 13 September 1213
  1178
Huesca[2]
son of Alfonso II and Sancha of Castile
Maria of Montpellier
15 June 1204
2 children
12 September 1213
Battle of Muret
aged approximately 35
James I
13 September 1213 – 27 July 1276
  2 February 1208
Montpellier
son of Peter II and Maria of Montpellier
Eleanor of Castile
1221
1 child

Violant of Hungary
1235
10 children

Teresa Gil de Vidaure
2 children
27 July 1276
Valencia
aged 68
Peter III
27 July 1276 – 2 November 1285
  1240
Valencia
son of James I and Violant of Hungary
Constance of Sicily
13 June 1262
6 children
2 November 1285
Vilafranca del Penedès
aged 45
Alfonso III
2 November 1285 – 18 June 1291
  1265
Valencia
son of Peter III and Constance of Sicily
Eleanor of England
15 August 1290
No children
18 June 1291
Barcelona
aged 27
James II
18 June 1291 – 2 November 1327
  10 August 1267
Valencia
son of Peter III and Constance of Sicily
Isabella of Castile
1 December 1291
No children

Blanche of Anjou
29 October 1295
10 children

Marie de Lusignan
15 June 1315
No children

Elisenda de Montcada
25 December 1322
No children
5 November 1327
Barcelona
aged 60
Alfonso IV
2 November 1327 – 24 January 1336
  1299
Naples
son of James II and Blanche of Anjou
Teresa d'Entença
1314
7 children

Eleanor of Castile
2 children
27 January 1336
Barcelona
aged 37
Peter IV
24 January 1336 – 5 January 1387
  5 October 1319
Balaguer
son of Alfonso IV and Teresa d'Entença
Maria of Navarre
1338
2 children

Eleanor of Portugal
1347
No children

Eleanor of Sicily
4 children
5 January 1387
Barcelona
aged 68
John I
5 January 1387 – 19 May 1396
  27 December 1350
Perpignan
son of Peter IV and Eleanor of Sicily
Martha of Armagnac
1 child

Yolande of Bar
3 children
19 May 1396
Foixà
aged 46
Martin
19 May 1396 – 31 May 1410
  1356
Girona
son of Peter IV and Eleanor of Sicily
Maria de Luna
13 June 1372
4 children

Margaret of Prades
1409
No children
31 May 1410
Barcelona
aged 54

House of Trastámara, 1412–1555

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Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Ferdinand I the Honest
24 June 1412 – 2 April 1416
  27 November 1380
Medina del Campo
son of John I of Castile and Eleanor of Aragon
Eleanor of Alburquerque
1394
8 children
2 April 1416
Igualada
aged 36
Alfonso V the Magnanimous
2 April 1416 – 27 June 1458
  1396
Medina del Campo
son of Ferdinand I and Eleanor of Alburquerque
Maria of Castile
1415
No children
27 June 1458
Naples
aged 52
John II the Great
27 June 1458 – 19 January 1479
  29 June 1398
Medina del Campo
son of Ferdinand I and Eleanor of Alburquerque
Blanche I of Navarre
6 November 1419
4 children

Juana Enríquez
2 children
20 January 1479
Barcelona
aged 81
Ferdinand II the Catholic
19 January 1479 – 23 January 1516
  10 March 1452
son of John II and Juana Enríquez
Isabella I of Castile
19 October 1469
5 children

Germaine of Foix
1505
No children
23 January 1516
Madrigalejo
aged 63
Joanna of Castile
23 January 1516 – 12 April 1555
  6 November 1479
daughter of Ferdinand II and Isabella I
Philip of Austria
20 October 1496
6 children
12 April 1555
Tordesillas
aged 75

Nominally co-monarch of her son Charles I, Joanna I was confined for alleged insanity during her whole reign.

Claimants against John II, 1462–1472

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During the Catalan Civil War, there were three who claimed his throne, though this never included the Kingdom of Valencia.

Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Henry IV of Castile
(claimant)
House of Trastámara
1462–1463
  5 January 1425
Valladolid
son of John II of Castile and Maria of Aragon
Joan of Portugal
1455
1 child
11 December 1474
Madrid
aged 49
Peter V of Aragon
(claimant)
House of Aviz
1463–1466
  1429
son of Peter, Duke of Coimbra and Isabella of Urgell
never married 1466
Granollers
aged 37
René
(claimant)
House of Valois-Anjou
1466–1472
  16 January 1409
Château d'Angers
son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon
Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine
1420
10 children

Jeanne de Laval
10 September 1454
No children
10 July 1480
Aix-en-Provence
aged 71

House of Habsburg, 1516–1700

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Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Charles I the Emperor
23 January 1516 – 16 January 1556
  24 February 1500
Ghent
son of Philip I of Castile and Joanna of Castile
Isabella of Portugal
10 March 1526
3 children
21 September 1558
Yuste
aged 58
Philip I the Prudent
16 January 1556 – 13 September 1598
  21 May 1527
Valladolid
son of Charles I and Isabella of Portugal
Maria of Portugal
1543
1 child

Mary I of England
1554
No children

Elisabeth of Valois
1559
2 children

Anna of Austria
4 May 1570
5 children
13 September 1598
Madrid
aged 71
Philip II the Pious
13 September 1598 – 31 March 1621
  14 April 1578
Madrid
son of Philip I and Anna of Austria
Margaret of Austria
18 April 1599
5 children
31 March 1621
Madrid
aged 42
Philip III the Great
31 March 1621 – 17 September 1665
  8 April 1605
Valladolid
son of Philip II and Margaret of Austria
Elisabeth of France
1615
7 children

Mariana of Austria
1649
5 children
17 September 1665
Madrid
aged 60
Charles II the Bewitched
17 September 1665 – 1 November 1700
  6 November 1661
Madrid
son of Philip III and Mariana of Austria
Marie Louise of Orléans
19 November 1679
No children

Maria Anna of Neuburg
14 May 1690
No children
1 November 1700
Madrid
aged 38

Aragon itself stayed loyal to Philip IV during the Reapers' War while Catalonia switched allegiance to Louis XIII and Louis XIV the Sun-King (see List of counts of Barcelona). Portugal seceded in 1640. Charles II died without heirs.

Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Philip IV the Spirited
1 November 1700 – 1705
  19 December 1683
Versailles
son of Louis, Grand Dauphin and Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria
Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy
2 November 1701
4 children

Elisabeth Farnese
24 December 1714
7 children
9 July 1746
Madrid
aged 62

House of Habsburg, 1705–1707

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Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Charles III the Archduke
1705–1707
  1 October 1685
Vienna
son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg
Elisabeth Christine
1 August 1708
4 children
20 October 1740
Vienna
aged 55

Austrian control of the Aragon between 1705 and 1707 determines the establishment of the Council of Aragon.[3]

Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Philip IV the Spirited
1707–1707
  19 December 1683
Versailles
son of Louis, Grand Dauphin and Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria
Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy
2 November 1701
4 children

Elisabeth Farnese
24 December 1714
7 children
9 July 1746
Madrid
aged 62

After the Battle of Almansa in April 1707, Philip V of Spain recovered the Aragon, but imposed the Nueva Planta decrees in June 1707, by which the territory lost its privileges.

During the war (officially in 1707) Philip V of Spain, the first of the Bourbon dynasty in Spain, disbanded the Crown of Aragon. After this time, there are no more Aragonese monarchs. Nevertheless, Spanish monarchs up to Isabella II, while styling themselves king/queen of Spain on coins, still used some of the traditional nomenclature of the defunct Crown of Aragon in their official documents: King/Queen of Castile, Leon, Aragon, both Sicilies, Jerusalem, Navarra, Granada, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Majorca, Sevilla, Sardinia, Cordova, Corsica, Murcia, Jaen, the Algarve, Algeciras, Gibraltar, the Canary Islands, the Eastern & Western Indias, the Islands & Mainland of the Ocean sea; Archduke of Austria; Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Milan; Count of Habsburg, Flanders, Tyrol, Barcelona; Lord of Biscay, Molina.

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References

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  1. ^ "Alfonso II el Casto, hijo de Petronila y Ramón Berenguer IV, nació en Huesca en 1157;". Cfr. Josefina Mateu Ibars, María Dolores Mateu Ibars, Colectánea paleográfica de la Corona de Aragon: Siglo IX–XVIII, Universitat Barcelona, 1980, p. 546. ISBN 978-84-7528-694-5.
  2. ^ Antonio Ubieto Arteta, Creación y desarrollo de la Corona de Aragón, Zaragoza, Anubar (Historia de Aragón), 1987, págs. 187–188. ISBN 84-7013-227-X.
  3. ^ Micó, Remedios Ferrero; Marín, Lluís Guia, eds. (2008). Corts i Parlaments de la Corona d'Aragó: Unes institucions emblemàtiques en una monarquia composta (in Spanish). Universitat de València. p. 243. ISBN 978-84-370-7092-6.
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