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James I of Sicily

James II
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James presiding at a cort in Barcelona.
King of Sicily
Reign 2 November 1285 – 20 June 1295
Predecessor Peter I
Successor Frederick III
King of Aragon and Valencia
Count of Barcelona
Reign 18 June 1291 – 2 or 5 November 1327
Predecessor Alfonso III
Successor Alfonso IV
King of Sardinia and Corsica
Reign 1297 - 1327
Successor Alfonso IV
Born (1267-08-10)10 August 1267
Valencia
Died 2/5 November 1327(1327-11-05) (aged 60)
Barcelona
Burial Santes Creus
Consort Isabella of Castile
Blanche of Anjou
Marie of Lusignan
Elisenda of Montcada
Issue
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Alfonso IV of Aragon
Maria, Lady of Cameros
Isabella, Queen of Germany
House House of Barcelona
Father Peter III of Aragon
Mother Constance of Sicily
Religion Roman Catholicism

James II (10 August 1267 – 2 or 5 November 1327), called the Just (the fair), (Catalan: Jaume el Just, Aragonese: Chaime lo Chusto, Spanish: Jaime el Justo) was the King of Sicily (as James I) from 1285 to 1296 and King of Aragon and Valencia and Count of Barcelona from 1291 to 1327. In 1297 he was granted the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica. He used the Latin title Iacobus Dei gracia rex Aragonum, Valencie, Sardinie, et Corsice ac comes Barchinone. He was the second son of Peter III of Aragon and Constance of Sicily.

James was born at Valencia as the son of King Peter I and Queen Constance of Sicily.

He succeeded his father as King of Sicily in 1285. Upon the death of his brother Alfonso III in 1291, he succeeded also to the throne of the Crown of Aragon. He spent May of that year in Catania, inspiring the local monk Atanasiu di Iaci to write the Vinuta di re Iapicu about his time there. By a peace treaty with Charles II of Anjou in 1296, he agreed to give up Sicily, but the Sicilians instead installed his brother Frederick on the throne.


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