Pedro II King of Aragon 
Pedro II King of was born in 1176 in Barcelona, Spain. Pedro II King of's father was Alfonso II King of Aragon and his mother was Sancha of Castile. His paternal grandfather was Ramon Berenguer IV Marquis of Barcelona; his maternal grandparents were Alfonso VII "The Emperor" King of Leon & Castile and Richilde of Poland. He had a brother and a sister, named Alfonso Alfonsez Prince Aragon Count of and Constance Princess of. He died at the age of 37 on September 13th, 1213 in Slain at Battle of Muret, Spain.General Notes
Peter II, king of Aragon (1174-1213), son of Alphonso II., and Sancia, daughter of Alphonso VIII. of Castile, had a very marked and curious personal character. As a Spanish prince, he was a crusader, and took a distinguished part in the victory over the Almohades at the Navas de Tolosa in 1212. His lands to the north of the Pyrenees brought him in touch with the Albigenses and in 1213 he fought against Simon de Montfort's crusaders, moved not by sympathy with the Albigenses, but by hostility to the conquering intervention of the north under pretence of religious zeal. A favourer of the troubadours, he combined great personal valour with the most lax morality. He was killed at the battle of Muret (Sept. 12, 1213). [EncyclopÊdia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 17, p. 639, PETER II]
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Peter II, byname PETER THE CATHOLIC, Spanish PEDRO EL CAT”LICO (b. 1174--d. Sept. 12, 1213, Muret, Fr.), king of Aragon from 1196 to 1213, the eldest son and successor of Alfonso II.
Peter married (1204) Mary, lady of Montpellier, and thus greatly extended Aragonese power in southern France. Despite the violent objections of his subjects, he had himself crowned by Pope Innocent III in Rome and declared his kingdom a feudatory of the Holy See (1204). Peter, with other Spanish kings, took a prominent part in the victory over the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa (July 16, 1212); but he then went to support his brother-in-law Raymond VI of Toulouse against the crusader Simon de Montfort in Languedoc. There he was killed in the Battle of Muret. His son James I succeeded him. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.11 Nov 1082 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain d.19 Jun 1131 in Barcelona, Spain
- b.~ 1113 in Barcelona, Spain d.06 Aug 1162 in Borgo San Dalmazzo, Piedmont, Italy
- b.1095 in Milhaud, Gard, Languedoc, France d.1128
- b.04 Apr 1152 in Villa Mayor del Valle, Barcelona, Spain d.25 Apr 1196 in Perpignan, Roussillon, France
- b.1176 in Barcelona, Spain d.13 Sep 1213 in Slain at Battle of Muret, Spain
- b.~ 1060 in Dijon, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France d.26 Mar 1107 in Grajal Do Campos, Leon, Spain
- b.1 MAR 1104/05 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Teruel, Castile, Spain
- b.BET 1077 AND 1081 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.8 MAR 1125/26 in Saldana, Palencia, Spain
- b.21 Sep 1154 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.09 Nov 1208 in Monasterio de Jaen, Jaen, Spain
- b.1131 in Wroclaw, Poland d.16 Jun 1175
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