Editing Peter II of Aragon (section)

==Background==
Peter was born in [[Huesca]],<ref>Antonio Ubieto Arteta, ''Creación y desarrollo de la Corona de Aragón'', Zaragoza, Anubar (Historia de Aragón), 1987, pp. 187–188. {{ISBN|84-7013-227-X}}.</ref> the son of [[Alfonso II of Aragon]] and [[Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon|Sancha of Castile]]. In 1205 he acknowledged the feudal supremacy of the [[papacy]] and was crowned in Rome by [[Pope Innocent III]], swearing to defend the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] faith (hence his [[epithet]], "the Catholic").<ref>''Crown of Aragon'', Robyn Slagle, ''The Spanish Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia'', Vol. I, ed. [[H. Micheal Tarver]] and Emily Slape, (ABC-CLIO, 2016), 9.</ref> He was the first king of Aragon to be crowned by the pope.<ref>{{cite book | last = Moore | first = John Clare | year = 2003 | series = The Medieval Mediterranean | title = Pope Innocent III (1160/61–1216): To Root Up and Plant | publisher  =  Brill | chapter = Chapter 6: Jews and Heretics (1205–1207) | isbn = 97-8900-412-9252 | page = 135}}</ref>

In the first decade of the thirteenth century Peter commissioned the ''[[Liber feudorum Ceritaniae]]'', an [[Illustrated manuscript|illustrated codex]] [[cartulary]] for the counties of [[County of Cerdagne|Cerdagne]], [[County of Conflent|Conflent]], and [[County of Roussillon|Roussillon]].