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The Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona, joined under one ruler in the 12th century, with Valencia and Mallorca added later. Its kings took Mallorca in 1229 and Valencia in 1238, held Sicily and Naples, and kept separate laws until Philip V's decrees of 1707 to 1716.

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Key events

  1. Petronilla of Aragon marries Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, at Lleida, joining the two realms under one ruling house

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  2. James I takes Madina Mayurqa, today's Palma, on 31 December and holds all of Mallorca by 1232

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  3. Valencia surrenders to James I and becomes a kingdom with its own laws and institutions

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  4. – Palermo rises against Charles of Anjou on 30 March 1282 and Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani on 30 August; the Peace of Caltabellotta confirms Aragonese rule in Sicily in 1302

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  5. Nine delegates meet at Caspe and choose Ferdinand of Antequera, a Castilian prince, as king after Martin I dies without an heirDisputed

    One source calls the election rigged. Others present it as a negotiated settlement.

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  6. – Alfonso V takes the Kingdom of Naples and moves his court thereDisputed

    One source gives 1442, another 1442 to 1443.

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  7. Ferdinand II becomes king of Aragon; his marriage to Isabella joins two crowns, not two kingdoms, and each keeps its own laws and coinage

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  8. – Philip V's Nueva Planta decrees abolish the separate laws of Valencia and Aragon (1707), Mallorca (1715) and Catalonia (1716), after Barcelona falls on 11 September 1714

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