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The beginning of reign of King James I was marked by the battle of Muret (1213), in which his father Peter II the Catholic, died and left little James to Simon of Monfort\u2019s \u2013 the winner of the Battle of Muret \u2013 custody. Simon held James as a hostage until Pope Innocence III ordered that he should be handed over to the Templars in 1214.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
In 1214, at the age of six, King James I was sworn into the Parliament of L\u00e9rida. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Foto: <\/strong>Peter II the Catholic (Father James I)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Muret, the Catalan expansion policy in Occitania started to decline. It remained linked to France and the Catalan-Aragonese expansion was initiated the Mediterranean. James was very successful in this policy and therefore obtained his nickname which would make history: The Conqueror.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In September of 1218, a General Parliament with Catalans and Aragonians was held in L\u00e9rida for the first time and this is where he was declared full age. When his mother Maria of Montpellier died, he inherited the reign of Montpellier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first years of James\u2019 I reign were difficult. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Anarchy took over in Aragon and Catalonia, while the child king remained in the Castle of Monz\u00f3n in the care of the Templar Knights. Following the will of his mother Maria who passed away in 1213 in Rome, reign was taken over by his uncle Sancho Raim\u00fandez, the Count of Rosell\u00f3n, who had to face frequent revolts of the nobility, which would result in the Peace of Alacal\u00e1 in the year 1217. James I the Conqueror assumed the reign of his states in the year 1225.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In Feburary 1221, he married Eleonor of Castilla, who was Lady Berenguela\u2019s sister and the aunt of Ferdinand II of Castilla. He annulled his first marriage for kinship reasons and took Princess Violante, the daughter of the King of Hungary Andreas II, as his second wife on September 8th 1235. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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By will of his cousin\u2019s Nu\u00f1o Sanchez testament, he inherited the Counties of Rosello\u00f3n and Cerde\u00f1a and the Viceounty of Fenolledas in France. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the first 15 years of his reign, he had to fight against the Aragon noblemen who took him as a prisoner in 1224.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In 1227 he was confronted with a new uprising of the nobles of Aragon, lead by the Infante Ferdinand, the King\u2019s uncle. Fortunately, this riot ended with the Peace of Alcal\u00e1 in March of the same year, thanks to the Pope\u2019s intervention through the Archbishop of Tortosa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This treaty marked the triumph of the Monarchy over the rebellions of the nobles, which gave it necessary stability in order to initiate campaigns against the Muslims. Due to this stability, he managed to appease the noble\u2019s claims before facing the conquering efforts which made him an important historic figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Castle and city walls of Carcassonne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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