James I of Aragon

thumb| James I the Conqueror (Catalan: Jaume el Conqueridor; Aragonese: Chaime o Conqueridor; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and King of Valencia from 1238 to 1276. Quotes about James I of Aragon This was a glorious epoch for Spain [AD 1276]. The king of Aragon, Don Jayme, son of the troubadour king who fell at Muret, fighting on behalf of the count of Toulouse, had just wrested from the Moors the kingdoms of Majorca and Valentia. Speaking with Spanish sententiousness, Don Jayme gained thirty-three battles, and founded or took from the infidels two thousand churches. But he was said to have still more mistresses than churches. He refused the pope the tribute promised by his predecessors; and had dared to give his son Don Pedro to wife Manfred's own daughter, the last surviving branch of the house of Suabia. Jules Michelet, History of France, translated by G. H. Smith, vol. 1 (New York, 1882), p. 337 External links Category:Monarchs from Spain