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Also Known As James the Just • Jaime el Justo • James I
Born c.1264
Died November 3, 1327 • Barcelona
Title / Office king (1295-1327), Aragon • king (1285-1295), Kingdom of Naples
Martin
king of Aragon and Sicily
Peter III, painting by Filippo Ariosto, 1587-88; in the Museo Militar, Castillo de Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain
Peter III
king of Aragon and Sicily
Ruggiero di Lauria
Italian admiral
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
James I, detail of an illumination from the Crónica de Jaime I; in the University of Barcelona
James I
king of Aragon
Peter IV
king of Aragon
Ferdinand I
king of Aragon
Alfonso I
Alfonso I
king of Aragon and Navarre
John II
king of Aragon and Navarre
Sancho Ramírez
king of Aragon and Pamplona [Navarre]
Peter II
king of Aragon
Alfonso II
king of Aragon
Ramiro II
king of Aragon
Alfonso IV
king of Aragon
Alfonso III
Alfonso III
king of Aragon
Ramiro I
king of Aragon
Peter I
king of Aragon
John I
king of Aragon
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain

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