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James I. This treaty would condition relations between the Kingdom of Majorca and the Crown of Aragon throughout the former's existence. The lack of a parliament later aggravated the destabilization of a kingdom already on the brink of fracture, which, besides this, lacked any common institution beyond the monarchy.
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and the Crown of Aragon as well as attempts by the Genoese to make the Balearics a satellite state. The Kingdom of Majorca, which had bonds of vassalage with the crowns of France (through Montpellier) and Aragon, could not remain neutral during the conflicts. In addition, increased taxes to fund the
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to govern the realm. The situation was difficult since James II of Aragon did not renounce his claim to the Majorcan throne. In 1325, Philip secured the renunciation by the Aragonese king of any claim on the rights of succession of the Majorcan throne after the repayment of a great debt incurred by
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in 1279, an imbalance of power between the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Majorca was created. The Aragonese king maintained the political and economic control of Aragon over the Kingdom of Majorca, reestablishing the unified jurisdiction of the Crown of Aragon, which was broken by the will of
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and the Crown of Aragon, which were in constant conflict at the time. Conscious of the fragility of the Kingdom of Majorca, James I undertook the conquest of Cerdanya to unify the new kingdom. He also entered into negotiations to arrange the marriage of his son James to Beatrice of
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closed relations with the Kingdom of Majorca as a prelude to invasion. In May 1343, Peter IV invaded the Balearic Islands and followed that in 1344 with the invasions of the counties of
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to the king of Aragon. In 1344 the kingdom was brought under the Crown of Aragon, remaining a constituent kingdom until its dissolution in 1715 by one of the
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The legacy of James I included the creation of a strategic Mediterranean enclave, including territories between two large kingdoms, the
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James was forced to develop policies similar to that of Aragon's. To that end, he was forced to participate in the war against the
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The extinction of the Kingdom of Majorca was inevitable given the conflicts by which it was affected: the
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on 25 October 1349. Then, the Kingdom of Majorca was definitively incorporated into the Crown of Aragon.
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which was still under the rule of Muslims until 1231 when its sovereignty was surrendered to James I
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took the throne at the age of nine, necessitating a regency council headed by his uncle
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State on the eastern coast and islands of the Iberian Peninsula from 1231 to 1715
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The Kingdom of Majorca continued for nearly another four hundred years in
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and the French against Peter of Aragon. As a result, Peter's successor
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kingdom's treasury during its neutrality caused substantial unrest.
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A Mediterranean emporium – The Catalan kingdom of Majorca, by
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the Crown of Aragon mostly backed the claims of the Archduke
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was required to restore the Balearics to James of Majorca.
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to present tribute to the King of Aragon. By means of the
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The Kingdom of Majorca in the 13th and 14th centuries
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