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James IV(encyclopedia)
Little, James(medicine)
James II(encyclopedia)
James(dictionary)
James I(encyclopedia)
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James III(encyclopedia)
James (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
James, William(encyclopedia)

James I (sh)




Spanish Jaime known as James the Conqueror

born Feb. 2, 1208, Montpellier, County of Toulouse
died July 27, 1276

King of Aragon and Catalonia (1214-76).

The most renowned of the medieval kings of Aragon, he was educated by the Knights Templar, and his great-uncle ruled as regent until 1218. James helped to subdue rebellious nobles and took over the government of his kingdoms in 1227. He reconquered the Balearic Islands (1229-35) and Valencia (1233-38) but renounced his claims to lands in southern France. He also helped Alfonso X to suppress a Moorish rebellion in Murcia (1266), and he undertook an unsuccessful Crusade to the Holy Land (1269).