The Kingdom of Majorca (also Kingdom of Mallorca) was created by James I of Aragon (Jaume I, "The Conqueror") as a vassal kingdom of the Kingdom of Aragon.
The kingdom included the Balearic Islands of Majorca and Minorca, which were conquered from the Moors; the islands of Formentera and Ibiza (properly known as the Illes Pitiüses, but commonly described as part of the Balearics); the counties of Roussillon and Cerdanya (approximately the present-day Catalunya del Nord); and the territories James retained in Occitània (the lordship of Montpellier, the viscounty of Carladès and the barony of Aumelàs). The capital of this kingdom was generally on the mainland at Perpignan (in Roussillon). On James's death, the kingdom passed to his second son, who reigned under the name James II of Majorca.
In 1344, James III was dispossessed of the kingdom by Peter IV of Aragon, his cousin and overlord, and was killed attempting to recover it in 1349. His son laid claim to the Majorcan title (as James IV), as did his daughter Isabel, but the claim was then abandoned by their descendants.
1231 establishments | Crown of Aragon | Balearic Islands | Former countries in Europe | Former monarchies | History of Catalonia
Regne de Mallorca | Königreich Mallorca | Reino de Mallorca | Royaume de Majorque | Elenco dei re di Majorca | Mallorca királyai | Królestwo Majorki
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