Jackdaw kj charles5/10/2023 ![]() On his father's death in 1276, the lands of the Crown of Aragon were divided amongst his two sons. In June 1275, Peter besieged, captured, and executed his rebellious half-brother Fernando Sánchez de Castro at Pomar de Cinca. During his youth and early adulthood, Peter gained a great deal of military experience in his father's wars of the Reconquista against the Moors. On 13 June 1262, Peter married Constance II of Sicily, daughter and heiress of Manfred of Sicily. This contract was dissolved, however, after Eudoxia's brother lost the imperial throne in 1261, and Eudoxia was instead married to the Count of Tenda. Among opportunistic betrothals of his youth, he was betrothed to Eudoxia Laskarina, the youngest daughter of Theodoros II Laskaris, in or before 1260 ( claim not substantiated). ![]() ![]() ![]() Peter was the eldest son of James I of Aragon and his second wife Violant of Hungary. At the invitation of some rebels, he conquered the Kingdom of Sicily and became King of Sicily in 1282, pressing the claim of his wife, Constance II of Sicily, uniting the kingdom to the crown. ![]() 1239 – November 1285) was King of Aragon, King of Valencia (as Peter I), and Count of Barcelona (as Peter II) from 1276 to his death. ![]()
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