Sancho I. (Mallorca)

Sancho of Mallorca , called "the Peaceful" ( Catalan : Sanç de Mallorca ; * 1277 in Montpellier ; † September 4, 1324 in Formiguères , Capcir ) came from the House of Barcelona and was King of Mallorca , Count of Cerdanya and Roussillon and Lord of Montpellier .

Reclining figure ( gisant ) of Sanchos I of Mallorca in the Cathedral of Perpignan , 1947

biography

Sancho I was a son of King Jacob II of Mallorca and his wife Esclarmonde of Foix. Together with his family, Sancho experienced childhood in the captivity of his uncle King Peter III. of Aragón , who occupied Mallorca in 1285. He lived first in Perpignan and Torroella de Montgrí , then in Barcelona . After his escape he was educated at the court of King Philip IV of France . In the Peace of Anagni in 1295, he negotiated with Aragon to allow the royal family to return to Mallorca, albeit as a vassal of Aragon. After Sancho inherited his father in 1311, he improved relations with his cousin, King James II of Aragón , whom he paid homage to in 1312 and supported him in the war against Genoa for Sardinia and Corsica. With France, Sancho was in dispute over the possession of Montpellier . Domestically, he had to reintroduce the annual renewal of the Consell General and expand Mallorca's coastal protection against piracy.

Sancho married Marie d'Anjou in 1304, a daughter of King Charles II of Naples , with whom he had no children. Therefore he determined his nephew Jacob III in his will. , a son of Infante Ferdinand , heir to the throne. Sancho was buried in Perpignan's Cathedral.

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Josefina Mateu Ibars and Maria Dolor Mateu Ibars (eds.): Documenta et scripta . Departament d'Història Medieval, Paleografia i Diplomàtica, Universitat de Barcelona, ​​1993, p. 154

predecessor	Office	successor
Jacob II	King of Mallorca 1311-1324	Jacob III "The bold"