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SPAIN AND ITS HISTORY
King James I was an important character of
our history. He was born in Montpelier, but
JAMES I THE CONQUEROR
James I was the king of the kingdom of
when he was young he became a prisoner of
Simó de Monfort, who brought him to Aragon.
Aragon, between the years 1216 and 1276
when he died. He was known with the
As a legislator and organizer, he occupies a
nickname of “The Conqueror”.
high place among the Spanish kings. He was
an important figure in the dissemination of
Catalonian, Valencià and Balearic languages.
Perter, his father wanted a marriage between
his son James and Simon’s daughter. He
entrusted the boy to be educated in Monfort’s
care, but soon forced to take up arms against
him, dying in the Battle of Muret in 1213.
The conquest of what would later become the
kingdom of Valencia started in 1232, when the
king of the crown of Aragon, James I, took
Morella mostly with Aragones troops.
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