Accession of Peter III and Consolidation of the Crown of Aragon (1270s)

Name: Accession of Peter III and Consolidation of the Crown of Aragon (1270s)
Start: 1276
End: 1279

Type Event Region Spain Time 1276–1279

After James I died in July 1276, his son Peter III ('the Great') inherited the Crown of Aragon, comprising Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia.…

Timeline

1276Zaragoza · AragonAfter James I died in July 1276, Peter III inherited the Crown of Aragon and, through his marriage to Constance of Sicily, retained the Hohenstaufen claim to Sicily, setting about strengthening the navy and military administration.
1277–1279Barcelona · CataloniaDue to family and territorial disputes under Alfonso X of Castile, and Mediterranean pressure from Charles of Anjou's Sicily, Peter III deployed military and political resources between Iberia and the western Mediterranean. At this stage there was no papal excommunication against him personally.

Peter III of Aragon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_III_of_Aragon
War of the Sicilian Vespers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Sicilian_Vespers