Pedro II "El Catolico" Rey de Aragon^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 1176 - 1213  (37 years)

• Name	Pedro II "El Catolico" Rey de Aragon
  Nickname	El Catolico
  Birth	Abt 1176	Of,Zaragoza,Zaragoza,Spain   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Sep 1213	,Muret,Haute-Garonne,France   [1, 2]
  Burial	Monasterio De Sijena,Huesca,Spain
  Notes	Peter II, king of Aragon (1174-1213), son of Alphonso II., and Sancia,daughter of Alphonso VIII. of Castile, had a very marked and curiouspersonal character. As a Spanish prince, he was a crusader, and took adistinguished part in the victory over the Almohades at the Navas deTolosa in 1212. His lands to the north of the Pyrenees brought him intouch with the Albigenses and in 1213 he fought against Simon deMontfort's crusaders, moved not by sympathy with the Albigenses, but byhostility to the conquering intervention of the north under pretence ofreligious zeal. A favourer of the troubadours, he combined great personalvalour with the most lax morality. He was killed at the battle of Muret(Sept. 12, 1213). [Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 17, p. 639,PETER II] ---------- Peter II, byname PETER THE CATHOLIC, Spanish PEDRO EL CATÓLICO (b.1174--d. Sept. 12, 1213, Muret, Fr.), king of Aragon from 1196 to 1213,the eldest son and successor of Alfonso II. Peter married (1204) Mary, lady of Montpellier, and thus greatly extendedAragonese power in southern France. Despite the violent objections of hissubjects, he had himself crowned by Pope Innocent III in Rome anddeclared his kingdom a feudatory of the Holy See (1204). Peter, withother Spanish kings, took a prominent part in the victory over the Moorsat Las Navas de Tolosa (July 16, 1212); but he then went to support hisbrother-in-law Raymond VI of Toulouse against the crusader Simon deMontfort in Languedoc. There he was killed in the Battle of Muret. Hisson James I succeeded him. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97] Peter II, king of Aragon (1174-1213), son of Alphonso II., and Sancia,daughter of Alphonso VIII. of Castile, had a very marked and curiouspersonal character. As a Spanish prince, he was a crusader, and took adistinguished part in the victory over the Almohades at the Navas deTolosa in 1212. His lands to the north of the Pyrenees brought him intouch with the Albigenses and in 1213 he fought against Simon deMontfort's crusaders, moved not by sympathy with the Albigenses, but byhostility to the conquering intervention of the north under pretence ofreligious zeal. A favourer of the troubadours, he combined great personalvalour with the most lax morality. He was killed at the battle of Muret(Sept. 12, 1213). [Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 17, p. 639,PETER II] ---------- Peter II, byname PETER THE CATHOLIC, Spanish PEDRO EL CATÓLICO (b.1174--d. Sept. 12, 1213, Muret, Fr.), king of Aragon from 1196 to 1213,the eldest son and successor of Alfonso II. Peter married (1204) Mary, lady of Montpellier, and thus greatly extendedAragonese power in southern France. Despite the violent objections of hissubjects, he had himself crowned by Pope Innocent III in Rome anddeclared his kingdom a feudatory of the Holy See (1204). Peter, withother Spanish kings, took a prominent part in the victory over the Moorsat Las Navas de Tolosa (July 16, 1212); but he then went to support hisbrother-in-law Raymond VI of Toulouse against the crusader Simon deMontfort in Languedoc. There he was killed in the Battle of Muret. Hisson James I succeeded him. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
  Person ID	I2176	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2006

  
  

  Family	Maria Condesa de Montpellier,   b. Abt 1178, Of,Montpellier,Hberault,France d. 21 Apr 1213, Rome, Italy (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	5 Jun 1204	OF ARAGON, , SPAIN   [2]
  Children	1. JAMES 1 THE CONQUEROR ARAGON, KING 1213-1276,   b. 1 Feb 1208/1213, OF ARAGON, MONTPELLIER, SPAIN, FRANCE d. 1278, Monasterio Ciste, Algerica, ARAGON, SPAIN (Age 64 years)   2. Sancha Aragaon,   b. 1205   d. 1206 (Age 1 year)   3. Pedro del Rey Aragaon, illig. Priest in Lerida   d. 1254   4. Constanza de Aragaon, Illig.   d. Aft 1250   5. Sancha Princess Of Aragon,   b. 1205, Of,Montpellier,Hberault,France d. Abt 1206 (Age 1 year)   6. Constanza De Aragon De AYTONA
  Family ID	F930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1176 - Of,Zaragoza,Zaragoza,Spain Marriage - 5 Jun 1204 - OF ARAGON, , SPAIN Burial - - Monasterio De Sijena,Huesca,Spain  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S14433] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 105a-28. [S14631] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 105a-28. [S14641] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).