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Peter IV of Aragon

Type Figure Region Aragon Time 1319–1387 Also known as Pedro IV、Pedro the Ceremonious

Monarch of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, and Sicily (r. 1336–1387), known as 'the Ceremonious';…

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  1. 1336–1341Zaragoza · AragonIn 1336 he inherited Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, and other lands, and set about integrating the power structures of the various constituent kingdoms, with complex relations to the nobility and urban communes.
  2. 1341–1347Barcelona · CataloniaIn the 1340s he strengthened royal authority in Catalonia and the Aragonese interior, compiling the Ceremonial de Pere el Cerimoniós to regulate court etiquette and the procedures of realm governance, laying the legal groundwork for later curbing local autonomy movements.
  3. 1347–1348Valencia · ValenciaIn 1347–1348 the urban union of Valencia (Unión de Valencia) rose in revolt over taxation and autonomy; Pedro IV personally led troops to suppress it, further weakening the power of the local communes and consolidating direct control over Valencia.

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