Alfonso III of Aragon

Alfonso III
Medieval miniature of Alfonso III, c. 1315–1325
King of Aragon and Valencia
Count of Barcelona
ReignNovember 1285 – 18 June 1291[1]
Coronation2 February 1286, Valencia
9 April 1286, Zaragoza
PredecessorPeter III
SuccessorJames II
Born4 November 1265
Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia
Died18 June 1291 (aged 25)
Barcelona, Principality of Catalonia
Burial
Barcelona Cathedral; prev. Convent de Sant Francesc, Barcelona
HouseHouse of Barcelona
FatherPeter III of Aragon
MotherConstance II of Sicily

Alfonso III (4 November 1265 – 18 June 1291), called the Liberal (el Liberal) and the Free (also "the Frank", from el Franc), was king of Aragon and Valencia, and count of Barcelona (as Alfons II) from 1285 until his death. He conquered the Kingdom of Majorca between his succession and 1287.

  1. ^ Jones, Michael (2000). McKitterick, Rosamond (ed.). The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 6, C.1300-c.1415. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 595. ISBN 978-0521362900.