Peter II of Aragon

Reign: 1196 – 1213
Life: 1177–1213

Background Peter was born in Huesca , the son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile . In the first decade of the thirteenth century Peter commissioned the Liber feudorum Ceritaniae , an illustrated codex cartulary for the counties of Cerdagne , Conflent , and Roussillon . ^ Antonio Ubieto Arteta, Creación y desarrollo de la Corona de Aragón , Zaragoza, Anubar (Historia de Aragón), 1987, pp. ^ Crown of Aragon , Robyn Slagle, The Spanish Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia , Vol. Smith, Crusade, Heresy and Inquisition in the Lands of the Crown of Aragon (c. A Most Holy War: The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom .

During Peter II of Aragon's reign, Sancho I of Portugal ruled Portugal, John, King of England ruled England, and Minamoto no Sanetomo ruled Japan (Shogunate).

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