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Also Known As Peter I • Pedro el Grande • Peter the Great
Born 1239
Died November 11, 1285 (aged 46) • Spain
Title / Office king (1282-1285), Kingdom of Naples • king (1276-1285), Aragon

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Peter III, painting by Filippo Ariosto, 1587-88; in the Museo Militar, Castillo de Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain
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Ramiro I
king of Aragon
Ruggiero di Lauria
Italian admiral
Martin
king of Aragon and Sicily
James II
king of Aragon and Sicily
Robert
king of Naples
Charles II
king of Naples
Charles I of Naples and Sicily
Charles I
king of Naples and Sicily
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
James I
James I
king of Aragon
Peter IV
king of Aragon
Ferdinand I
king of Aragon
Alfonso I
Alfonso I
king of Aragon and Navarre
John II
king of Aragon and Navarre
Sancho Ramírez
king of Aragon and Pamplona [Navarre]
Peter II
king of Aragon
Alfonso II
king of Aragon
Ramiro II
king of Aragon
Alfonso IV
king of Aragon
Alfonso III
Alfonso III
king of Aragon
Peter I
king of Aragon

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