Reign of Aragon's Ramiro II

Timeline

1. 1134–1135Aragon · AragonAlfonso I the Battler died at the Battle of Fraga without a legitimate heir, plunging Aragon into a severe succession crisis. The noble assembly recalled his brother Ramiro, a monk in a monastery, and forced him to leave religious life and take the throne to save the kingdom from division or absorption by neighbors.
2. 1135–1137Aragon–Navarre border · SpainFacing Navarre's restored independence under García Ramírez, Ramiro II was forced to accept Aragon's loss of control over Navarre. He instead consolidated core territories along the Ebro, suppressing internal rebellions and stabilizing noble order, laying the foundation for the kingdom's survival.
3. 1136–1137Barbastro · AragonRamiro II's daughter Petronilla was born in 1136. In 1137, Ramiro betrothed the one-year-old Petronilla to Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and announced his abdication. This marriage arrangement secured the Aragonese succession and began the process of union between Aragon and Catalonia.