Peter II of Aragon

thumb| Peter II the Catholic (Catalan: Pere el Catòlic; Aragonese: Pero II o Catolico; July 1178 – 12 September 1213) was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1196 to 1213. Quotes about Don Pedro He had passed the night with one of his mistresses, and was so exhausted, that while hearing mass, previous to the engagement, he could not stand while the gospel was being read, but was obliged to sit down. Comentarios del rey en Jaume, ch. 8 (quoted in Histoire générale de Languedoc, vol. iii, p. 253); reported in Jules Michelet, History of France, tr. G. H. Smith (1882), vol. i, p. 283 (Battle of Muret) External links Category:1170s births Category:1210s deaths Category:Monarchs from Spain Category:People of the Reconquista Category:People of the Albigensian Crusade