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MAJORCA, King Jaime
1243 - 1318 (74 years) 
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Name MAJORCA, Jaime Prefix King Birth 31 May 1243 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 
Gender Male _TAG Reviewed on FS Death 29 May 1318 Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain Burial Jun 1318 Catedral de Santa María, Islas Baleares, Spain Headstones 
Submit Headstone Photo Person ID I51682 Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith Last Modified 19 Aug 2021
Father ARAGON, Count Jaime Pedrez I , b. 1 Feb 1208, Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc, France Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc, Franced. 25 Jul 1271, Valencia, Valencia, Spain (Age 63 years) Mother HUNGARY, Princess Jolan , b. 19 Dec 1213, Esztergom, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary Esztergom, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungaryd. 12 Oct 1251, Huesca, Huesca, Aragon, Spain (Age 37 years) Marriage 8 Sep 1235 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Family ID F15271 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family FOIX, Esclaramunde de , b. 1245, Spain Spain Marriage 12 Oct 1272 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Family ID F25793 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jan 2022
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Notes - BIOGRAPHY: James II (Catalan: "Jaume") was King of Majorca and Lord of Montpellier from 1276 until his death. He was the second son of James I of Aragon and his wife, Violant, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary. In 1279, by the Treaty of Perpignan, he became a vassal of the Crown of Aragon. James inherited from his father a realm including three of the Balearic Islands (Majorca, Ibiza, and Formentera), the counties of Roussillon and Cerdanya, the dominion of Montpellier, the barony of Aumelàs, and the viscounty of Carladès. He also gained tribute from the fourth Balearic island, Menorca, which remained under Muslim control throughout his life. He ruled as a vassal of his brother Peter III of Aragon, a subordinate status which he sought to escape. In 1276, his former seneschal, Ramon Llull, persuaded him to fund a language school for Franciscan missionaries at Miramar.
France and Aragon contested for control of Sicily. James held rights over borderlands that were indefensible and, in anticipation of an invasion, reached an agreement with king Philip III of France (the widower of his sister, Isabella). This strained relations between Aragon and Majorca. Peter of Aragon seized Perpignan, and although James was able to escape, Peter sent two of James' sons to Barcelona. With this, James sided with the French. His nephew Alfonso III of Aragon annexed the Balearic Islands to Aragon in the conquest, but they were returned by the Treaty of Anagni in 1295.
Following this reversion, James made an effort to improve the viability of the kingdom on the domestic front. He devoted himself to running his kingdom by reforming urbanism, establishing agricultural policy, emphasizing defense, and reforming the economy. He implemented a vast policy of agricultural colonization with the creation of rural centers; increase royal rents; favoured the creation of a consulates in the Kingdom of Granada; created a new monetary system for the kingdom; promoted the creation of textile industries; proceeded to increase the power of the crown over that of the nobility and the Church; and ordered the construction of several palaces and castles, including the palace at Perpignan, the Palace of Almudaina, the Cathedral of Santa María at Palma de Mallorca, known today as La Seu, and, finally, Bellver Castle. The opening of criminal proceedings against the Knights Templar and their later suppression would allow the seizure of the tithes of the Templars on the islands. Although a vassal of Aragon, in 1302 he began to create his own consulates along the North African coast.
James wed Esclaramunda of Foix in 1275 through a marriage arranged by his own initiative and not that of his father's. Esclaramunda was a daughter of Roger IV of Foix. They had six children including: James, who became a Franciscan friar before his father's death; Sancho, James II's successor; Sancha, who married Robert of Naples; Elizabeth, wife of Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena; Ferdinand, father of James III; and Philip, Regent of Majorca during James III's minority.
He also had an illegitimate daughter, Saura, who married Berengeur de Villaragut. They had a daughter, Violante of Vilaragut.
-- Wikiwand: James II of Majorca
- BIOGRAPHY: James II (Catalan: "Jaume") was King of Majorca and Lord of Montpellier from 1276 until his death. He was the second son of James I of Aragon and his wife, Violant, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary. In 1279, by the Treaty of Perpignan, he became a vassal of the Crown of Aragon. James inherited from his father a realm including three of the Balearic Islands (Majorca, Ibiza, and Formentera), the counties of Roussillon and Cerdanya, the dominion of Montpellier, the barony of Aumelàs, and the viscounty of Carladès. He also gained tribute from the fourth Balearic island, Menorca, which remained under Muslim control throughout his life. He ruled as a vassal of his brother Peter III of Aragon, a subordinate status which he sought to escape. In 1276, his former seneschal, Ramon Llull, persuaded him to fund a language school for Franciscan missionaries at Miramar.
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