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List of Valencian monarchs

Note: Titles are those for King of Aragon

Kings of Aragon and Valencia, Counts of Barcelona, of the House of Barcelona

• 1213 1276 James I the Conqueror, conquered Valencia, Majorca and Ibiza, wrote the Libre dels feyts
• 1276 1285 Peter III (I of Valencia, II of Barcelona) the Great, conquered Sicily
• 1285 1291 Alfonso III (I of Valencia, II of Barcelona) the Generous or the Liberal, conquered Minorca
• 1291 1329 James II the Just
• 1327 1336 Alfonso IV (II of Valencia, III of Barcelona) the Good
• 1336 1387 Peter IV (II of Valencia, III of Barcelona) the Ceremonious. Deposed the Kings of Majorca, wrote the Chronicle
• 1387 1396 John I the Hunter
• 1396 1410 Martin I, the Humanist --> last direct descendant of Wilfred I the Hairy, Count of Barcelona to rule; died without legitimate heirs, occasion of the Compromise of Casp

interregnum 1410 - 1412

Kings of Aragon and Valencia, Counts of Barcelona, of the Trastámara dynasty

• 1412 1416 Ferdinand I of Aragon, a.k.a. Ferdinand of Antequera
• 1416 1458 Alfonso V (III of Valencia, IV of Barcelona), conquered Naples
• 1458 1479 John II ==> title disputed much of that time in the War Against John II (1462-1472)
• 1479 1516 Ferdinand II of Aragon and Sicily (III of Naples, V of Spain) the Catholic, married Isabella I of Castile, invaded Navarre

Kings of Aragon and Counts of Barcelona who occupied the throne during the War Against Joan II (none of these reigned in Valencia, which remained under the control of John II)

• 1462 1463 Henry IV of Castile
• 1463 1466 Peter V of Aragon (IV of Barcelona), Connêtable of Portugal, son of Pedro, Duke of Coimbra and grand-son of John I of Portugal
• 1466 1472 Rene I the Good of Anjou, king of Naples

Kings of Aragon, Castile and Valencia, Counts of Barcelona, of the Habsburg dynasty (or House of Austria)

(for kings of Castile prior to the dynastic union with Aragon see: List of Castilian monarchs)

• 1516 1556 Charles I of Spain (Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor)
• 1556 1598 Philip II of Spain
• 1598 1621 Philip III of Spain
• 1621 1641 Philip IV of Spain (first time)

Kings of Aragon and Counts of Barcelona, of the Bourbon dynasty, during the Reapers' War (none of these reigned in Valencia, which remained under the control of Phillip IV of Spain)

• 1641 1643 Louis XIII of France
• 1643 1652 Louis XIV of France the Sun-King

Kings of Aragon, Castile and Valencia, Counts of Barcelona, of the Habsburg dynasty (or House of Austria)

• 1652 1665 Philip IV of Spain, second time
• 1665 1700 Charles II of Spain the Bewitched ==> died without heirs

Kings of Aragon, Castile and Valencia, Counts of Barcelona during the War of the Spanish Succession

• 1700 1705 Philip V of Spain, of the House of Bourbon
• 1705 1714 Archduke Charles of Austria, styling himself Charles III of Spain (not to be confused with Charles III of Spain)

==> the Catalan-Aragonese confederation was occupied and annexed by Spain: after this time, there are no more Aragonese monarchs.

See also

• Spanish monarchs
• Kings of Spain family tree