The Crusader Kingdom of Valencia
Robert Ignatius Burns, S.J.
Appendix I
Civil and Military Chronology
| 1212 | Almohad power crippled by Hispanic states at battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. |
| 1213 | Peter I "the Catholic" of Aragon killed at Muret battle; waning of Aragonese hold on Languedoc. James I, minor of five years, is king; reigns from 1217 |
| 1225 | Abortive attempt on Valencia kingdom; Peñíscola siege. |
| 1229 | Balearics crusade; Majorca city falls. Pact with Sacîd of Valencia. |
| 1232 | Valencia crusade begins; Morella taken. |
| 1233 | Burriana sieged, falls on July 28; much of northern Valencia kingdom follows. |
| 1235 | Tarragona metropolitan conquers Ibiza in Balearics. |
| 1236 | Monzón general parliament gives new life to Valencia crusade; James begins use of title "King of Valencia." |
| 1237 | Pitched battle and Christian victory at Puig, just above Valencia city. |
| 1238 | Valencia city sieged, falls (September 28). |
| 1242 | Alcira falls. |
| 1244 | Játiva sieged, taken. Almizra treaty with Castile. |
| 1245 | Biar falls, Murcia border reached; end of crusade. |
| 1248 | Valencian Moslems rebel under al-Yazraÿî. In west, Seville falls to Ferdinand. |
| 1258 | Corbeil treaty with France, loss of Languedoc claims. Second al-Yazraÿî war. |
| 1262 | Prince Peter (b. 1240) marries Constance, Hohenstaufen heir; by now associated in governmental affairs. |
| 1263 | Moslem revolts in Andalusia, Murcia, possibly Valencia. Castilians ask Aragonese help. |
| 1265 | Expeditions by Prince Peter into Murcia; conquest completed by James I (Murcia city falls, 1266). |
| 1269 | Abortive crusade to Holy Land by James I. |
| 1274 | James I at ecumenical council of Lyons. Returns to find revolt by Catalan-Aragonese nobles civil disturbances in Valencia city. |
| 1275 | Great Moslem revolt in Valencia kingdom. |
| 1276 | King James dies at Valencia city (June 27), aged 68. Peter III "the Great" succeeds; Montpellier, Balearics, Roussillon to brother James as separate kingdom. |
| 1277 | King Peter pacifies the Valencian Moslem rebels. |
| 1280 | Catalan barons revolt; subdued. |
| 1282 | "Sicilian Vespers"; King Peter clears Sicily of Angevin-papal forces, is excommunicated. |
| 1285 | French crusade invades Aragon; eventually repulsed. Peter III dies (November 11). Alphonse III "the Liberal" (b. 1267) succeeds. |
| 1287 | King Alphonse definitively conquers Minorca island. |
| 1291 | Alphonse III dies (June 18). Succeeded by his brother, then king of Sicily, James II. |