List of Aragonese monarchs

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This is a list of the rulers of Aragon, now a region of north-eastern Spain. The Kingdom of Aragon included the present-day autonomous community of Aragon. The Aragonese kings of the House of Aragon also ruled Catalonia (which included Roussillon, nowadays the département of Pyrenées-Orientales in France), the kingdom of Valencia, the kingdom of Majorca, the kingdom of Sicily, Sardinia and assorted territories in the South of France, including the city of Montpellier. This state is referred to as the Crown of Aragon, as opposed to the Kingdom of Aragon (i.e. Aragon proper).

Contents 1 Monarchs of Aragon 1.1 House of Aragon, 1035–1410 1.2 House of Trastámara, 1412–1516 1.2.1 Claimants against John II, 1462–1472 1.3 Habsburg direct rule, 1516–1700 1.4 Bourbon direct rule, 1700–1705 1.5 Austrian direct rule, 1705–1714 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Monarchs of Aragon

[edit] House of Aragon, 1035–1410

See also: County of Aragon, Kings of Navarre, Counts of Barcelona, and King of Valencia

With the death of Sancho III of Navarre, Aragon fell to his son Ramiro, who quickly elevated it into an autonomous state.

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Ramiro I 1035–1063		son of Sancho III of Navarre and Sancha de Aybar	Ermesinde of Bigorre 22 August 1036 5 children	8 May 1063 Graus
Sancho Ramírez 1063–1094		1042 son of Ramiro I of Aragon and Ermesinde of Bigorre	Isabel of Urgel 1065 1 child Felicie of Roucy 1076 2 children	4 June 1094 Huesca aged 48
Peter I 1094–1104		1068 son of Sancho Ramírez and Isabel of Urgel	Agnes of Aquitaine 1086 2 children Bertha of Italy 1097 No children	28 September 1104 Aran Valley aged 36
Alfonso I 1104–1134		1073 son of Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón and Navarre and Felicie of Roucy	Urraca of Castile 1109 No children	8 September 1134 Huesca aged 61
Ramiro II 1134–1137		1075 son of Sancho Ramírez and Felicie of Roucy	Agnes of Aquitaine 1 child	16 August 1157 Huesca aged 82
Petronila 1137–1162		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
Alfonso II 1162–1196		1152 Sant Pere de Vilamajor son of Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon	Sancha of Castile 7 children	25 April 1196 Perpignan aged 44
Peter II 1196–1213		1174 Montblanc son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile	Marie of Montpellier 15 June 1204 2 children	12 September 1213 Battle of Muret aged 39
James I 1213–1276		2 February 1208 Montpellier son of Peter II of Aragon and Marie of Montpellier	Eleanor 1221 1 child Violant of Hungary 1235 10 children Teresa Gil de Vidaure 2 children	27 July 1276 Valencia aged 68
Peter III 1276–1285		1240 Valencia son of James I of Aragon and Yolanda of Hungary	Constantia of Sicily 13 June 1262 6 child	2 November 1285 Vilafranca del Penedès aged 45
Alfonso III 1285–1291		1265 Valencia son of Peter III of Aragon and Constantia of Sicily	Eleanor of England 15 August 1290 No children	18 June 1291 Barcelona aged 27
James II 1291–1327		10 August 1267 Valencia son of Peter I and Constantia 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 1327–1336		1299 Naples son of James II of Aragon and Blanche of Anjou	Teresa d'Entença 1314 7 children Eleanor of Castile 2 children	27 January 1336 Barcelona aged 37
Peter IV 1336–1387		5 October 1319 Balaguer son of Alfonso IV and Teresa d'Entença	Maria of Navarre 1338 2 children Leonor of Portugal 1347 No children Eleanor of Sicily 4 children	5 January 1387 Barcelona aged 68
John I 1387–1396		27 December 1350 Perpignan son of Peter IV of Aragon and Eleanor of Sicily	Martha of Armagnac 1 child Yolande of Bar 3 children	19 May 1396 Foixà aged 46
Martin I 1396–1410		1356 Girona son of Peter IV of Aragon and Eleanor of Sicily	Maria de Luna 13 June 1372 4 children Margarita of Aragon-Prades 1409 No children	31 May 1410 Barcelona aged 54

Martin was last direct descendant of Wilfred I the Hairy, Count of Barcelona to rule; died without legitimate heirs, on occasion of the Compromise of Caspe

• interregnum 1410–1412

[edit] House of Trastámara, 1412–1516

See also: Kings of Naples and Kings of Sicily

While this dynasty is sometimes refered to as Aragonese in texts, in actually they were not part of the House of Aragon of the previous dynasty, but of the House of Trastámara, who had previously ruled the Crown of Castile.

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Ferdinand I 1412–1416		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 1416–1458		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 1458–1479		29 June 1397 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 1479–1516		10 March 1452 son of John II of Aragon and Juana Enriquez	Isabella of Castile 19 October 1469 5 children Germaine of Foix 1505 No children	23 January 1516 Madrigalejo aged 54

[edit] Claimants against John II, 1462–1472

During the war against king John II of Aragon, there were three who claimed his throne, though this never included the Kingdom of Valencia.

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Henry IV of Castile 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 House of Aviz 1463–1466		1429 son of Pedro, Duke of Coimbra and Isabel of Aragon	never married	1466 Granollers aged 37
René House of Valois-Anjou 1466–1472		16 January 1409 Château d'Angers son of Louis II of Naples and Yolande of Aragon	Isabelle de Lorraine 1420 10 children Jeanne de Laval 10 September 1454 No children	10 July 1480 Aix-en-Provence aged 71

[edit] Habsburg direct rule, 1516–1700

See also: Kings of Castile

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Charles I 1516–1554		24 February 1500 Ghent son of Philip I of Castile and Juana of Castile	Isabella of Portugal 10 March 1526 3 children	21 September 1558 Yuste aged 58
Philip I 1554–1598		21 May 1527 Valladolid son of Charles IV 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 1598–1621		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 1621–1665		8 April 1605 Valladolid son of Philip II and Margaret of Austria	Elisabeth of Bourbon 1615 7 children Mariana of Austria 1649 5 children	17 September 1665 Madrid aged 60
Charles II 1665–1700		6 November 1661 Madrid son of Philip III and Mariana of Austria	Maria Luisa 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 of France the Sun-King, see List of Counts of Barcelona. Portugal seceded in 1640. Charles II died without heirs.

[edit] Bourbon direct rule, 1700–1705

See also: War of the Spanish Succession

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Philip IV 1700–1705		19 December 1683 Versailles son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Maria Anna of Bavaria	Maria Luisa of Savoy 2 November 1701 4 children Elisabeth of Parma 24 December 1714 7 children	9 July 1746 Madrid aged 62

[edit] Austrian direct rule, 1705–1714

Monarch	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Charles III 1705–1714		1 October 1685 Vienna son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg	Elisabeth Christine 1 August 1708 4 children	20 October 1740 Vienna aged 55

During the war (officially in 1707) Philip d'Anjou, the first of the Bourbon empire in Spain, disbanded the Crown of Aragon. After this time, there are no more Aragonese monarchs. Nevertheless, Spanish monarchs up to Isabel 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.

[edit] See also

• List of Asturian monarchs
• List of Castilian monarchs
• List of Galician monarchs
• List of Leonese monarchs
• List of Navarrese monarchs
• List of Spanish monarchs
• Kings of Spain family tree
• Catalan Countries

[edit] External links

• List of Aragonese monarchs