Editing Peter III of Aragon (section)

==Early rebellions==
[[File:Audience de pierre 3 d'aragon.png|thumb|left|Audience of Peter III of Aragon; [[Miniature (illuminated manuscript)|medieval miniature]] from the ''[[Usatici et Constitutiones Cataloniae]]'' (between {{circa|1315–1325}}).]]

Peter's first act as king was to complete the pacification of his [[Kingdom of Valencia|Valencian territory]], an action which had been underway before his father's death.

However, a revolt soon broke out in the [[Principality of Catalonia]], led by the viscount of [[Cardona, Spain|Cardona]] and abetted by [[Roger-Bernard III of Foix]], [[Arnold Roger I, Count of Pallars Sobirà|Arnold Roger I of Pallars Sobirà]], and [[Ermengol X of Urgell]].{{Sfn|Chaytor|1933|p=97}} The rebels had developed a hatred for Peter as a result of the severity of his dealings with them during the reign of his father. Now they opposed him for not summoning the [[Catalan Courts]], and confirming its privileges after his ascension to the throne.

At the same time, a succession crisis continued in the [[County of Urgell]]. When [[Álvaro, Count of Urgell|Àlvar of Urgell]] died in 1268, the families of his two wives, Constance, a daughter of Pere de Montcada of Bearn, and Cecilia, a daughter of [[Roger-Bernard II of Foix]], began a long fight over the inheritance of his county. Meanwhile, a good portion of the county had been repossessed by Peter's father, James I, and was thus inherited by Peter in 1276. In 1278, [[Ermengol X]], Àlvar's eldest son, succeeded in recovering most of his lost patrimony and came to an agreement with Peter whereby he recognised the latter as his suzerain.{{Sfn|Chaytor|1933|p=97}}

In 1280, Peter defeated the stewing rebellion led by [[Roger-Bernard III, Count of Foix|Roger-Bernard III]] after besieging the rebels in [[Balaguer]] for a month. Most of the rebel leaders were imprisoned in [[Lleida]] until 1281, while Roger-Bernard was imprisoned until 1284.