Peter II of Aragon, King of Aragón^[1]

1178 - 1213  (35 years)

• Name	Peter II of Aragon
  Suffix	King of Aragón
  Birth	1178	Huesca, Spain
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1196
  	King of Aragon
  	the King of Aragon (as «b»Pedro II«/b») and Count of Barcelona (as «b»Pere I«/b») from 1196 to 1213.
  Name	Pedro II the Catholic of Aragón
  Death	12 Sep 1213	Murèth
  	Cause: killed in battle
  Notes	Led into ruinous alliance with Castile at the urging of his mother, his borrowings to cover various military adventures left his realm in dire financial straights. He was killed in a battle fighting French Knights led by the first Baron Simon de Montford (who earlier had been an ally). http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07720 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_II_of_Aragon (Medical):battle of Muret
  Person ID	I8448	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Alphonso II the Chaste of Aragon, King of Aragon,   b. May 1152   d. 25 Apr 1196 (Age ~ 43 years)
  Mother	Sancha of Castile Infanta of Castile,   b. 21 Sep 1164   d. 9 Nov 1208, Sijena (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1174	Saragosa
  Family ID	F3455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria of Montpellier, Queen of Aragon.,   b. 1182   d. 18 Apr 1213 (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1204
  	On June 15, 1204 he married (as her third husband) «u»Marie of Montpellier «/u», daughter and heiress of «u»William VIII of Montpellier «/u» by «u»Eudocia Comnena «/u».
  Children	1. Jaime I the Conqueror of Aragón, King of Aragón,   b. 1208   d. 1276 (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F3477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).