Editing Peter III of Aragon (section)

==Youth and succession==
Peter was the eldest son of [[James I of Aragon]] and his second wife [[Violant of Hungary]].{{sfn|Burns|1985|pp=214–215}} On 13 June 1262, Peter married [[Constance II of Sicily]], daughter and heiress of [[Manfred of Sicily]].{{sfn|Merriman|1918|p=319}} During his youth and early adulthood, Peter gained a great deal of military experience in his father's wars of the ''[[Reconquista]]'' against the [[Moors]].{{Sfn|Chaytor|1933|p=97}}

In June 1275, Peter besieged, captured, and executed his rebellious half-brother [[Fernando Sánchez de Castro]] at [[Pomar de Cinca]].

On his father's death in 1276, the lands of the [[Crown of Aragon]] were divided amongst his two sons. The [[Kingdom of Aragon]], the [[Kingdom of Valencia]] and the [[Principality of Catalonia]] went to Peter III as being the eldest son; while the [[Kingdom of Majorca]] and the [[Catalan counties]] beyond the Pyrenees went to the second son, who became [[James II of Majorca]].

Peter and Constance were crowned in [[Zaragoza]] in November 1276 by the archbishop of Tarragona.{{sfn|Aurell|2020|p=246}}