Aragonese Crusade

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Aragonese Crusade
Part of the Crusades and the War of the Sicilian Vespers
A fresco from the Castle of Cardona depicting the Siege of Girona in 1285; now preserved in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Date 1284–1285 Location Principality of Catalonia Result Aragonese victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France Kingdom of Mallorca Kingdom of Navarre Republic of Genoa	Crown of Aragon Principality of Catalonia Kingdom of Valencia
Commanders and leaders
Philip III of France # Charles of Valois James II of Mallorca	Peter III of Aragon Roger de Lauria

The Aragonese Crusade (1284–1285), also known as the Crusade of Aragon or Crusade against Catalonia,^[1] was a military venture waged by the Kingdom of France against the Crown of Aragon. Fought as an extension of the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302), the crusade was called by Pope Martin IV in retribution for Peter III of Aragon's intervention in Sicily, which had damaged the political ambitions of the papacy and France.

The Kingdom of France, aided by the Kingdom of Majorca, led the crusade. Despite domestic opposition to the crusade, Philip III of France invaded Catalonia in 1285. While the French saw some successes on land, the Aragonese navy won control of the sea, and a badly attritted French crusader army was forced to retreat in the fall of 1285. The defeat of the French army in 1285 effectively ended fighting, and Aragon would make peace with the pope by way of the 1291 Treaty of Tarascon.