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====Kingdom and Crown of Aragon (1035–1706)====
{{Main|Kingdom of Aragon|County of Barcelona|Principality of Catalonia|Kingdom of Valencia|Kingdom of Mallorca|Crown of Aragon}}
[[File:Jaume I, Cantigas de Santa Maria, s.XIII.jpg|thumb|The Moors request permission from [[James I of Aragon]]]]

The Kingdom of Aragon started off as an offshoot of the Kingdom of Navarre. It was formed when [[Sancho III of Navarre]] decided to divide his large realm among all his sons. Aragon was the portion of the realm which passed to [[Ramiro I of Aragon]], an illegitimate son of Sancho III. The kingdoms of Aragon and Navarre were several times united in personal union until the death of [[Alfonso the Battler]] in 1135.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kingdom of Aragon {{!}} medieval kingdom, Spain {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Kingdom-of-Aragon |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1137, the heiress of the kingdom married the [[count of Barcelona]], and their son [[Alfonso II of Aragon|Alfonso II]] ruled from 1162 the combined possessions of his parents, resulting in the composite monarchy that modern historians call the [[Crown of Aragon]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bisson |first1=Thomas N. |title=Medieval crown of Aragon : a short history |date=1986 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0191675294 |pages=31–57}}</ref> Alfonso successfully reincorporated the [[Principality of Tarragona]] into their realm, expelling the Norman [[Robert d'Aguiló|d'Aguiló]] family.<ref name="McCrank1974">{{cite book |last1=McCrank |first1=Lawrence |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/3c409e6f922c24bc1682a27b3b39d061/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y |title=Restoration and reconquest in medieval Catalonia: the church and principality of Tarragona |date=1974 |publisher=University of Virginia |pages= |access-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224124015/https://www.proquest.com/openview/3c409e6f922c24bc1682a27b3b39d061/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y |archive-date=24 February 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In the following centuries, the Crown of Aragon conquered a number of territories in the Iberian peninsula and the Mediterranean, including the [[kingdom of Valencia]] and the [[kingdom of Mallorca]]. [[James I of Aragon]], also known as James the Conqueror, expanded his territories to the north, south and east. James also signed the [[Treaty of Corbeil (1258)]], in which the French king renounced to any feudal claim over Catalonia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=James I {{!}} King of Sicily & Valencia {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-I-king-of-Aragon |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

Early in his reign, James attempted to reunite the Aragonese and Navarrese crowns through a treaty with the childless [[Sancho VII of Navarre]]. But the Navarrese nobles rejected him, and chose [[Theobald IV of Champagne]] in his stead.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Later on, [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]], married [[Isabella of Castile]], leading to a dynastic union which eventually gave birth to modern Spain, after the conquest of Upper [[kingdom of Navarre|Navarre]] (Navarre south of the Pyrenees) and the [[Emirate of Granada]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2023-05-05 |title=Reconquista {{!}} Definition, History, Significance, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Reconquista |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>