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Also Known As Peter I • Pedro el Grande • Peter the Great
Born 1239
Died November 11, 1285 (aged 46) • Spain
Title / Office king (1282-1285), Kingdom of Naples • king (1276-1285), Aragon

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Peter III, painting by Filippo Ariosto, 1587-88; in the Museo Militar, Castillo de Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain
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Ruggiero di Lauria
Italian admiral
Martin
king of Aragon and Sicily
James II
king of Aragon and Sicily
Robert
king of Naples
Charles II
king of Naples
Charles I of Naples and Sicily
Charles I
king of Naples and Sicily
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
James I
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

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