The Story of Majorca and MinorcaMarkham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
History
The Story of Majorca and Minorca
Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
Balearic Islands (Spain) -- History
Pedro III., King of Aragon, 5;
birth and marriage, 40;
succession, 53;
character, 56;
denounced the Pope’s plot against King Manfred, 57;
took up Conradin’s glove, 58;
arrived in Sicily, 60;
crowned at Palermo, 60;
accepted the challenge of Charles of Anjou, 64;
speech to Sicilians at Messina, 64;
resolved to keep his tryst, 67;
preparations for his journey to Bordeaux, 68, 69;
his disguise, 70;
rode down the lists at Bordeaux, 73;
return in safety, 73, 74;
his horse’s hoof-marks, 74, 75;
grief at parting with Queen Constance, 77, 78;
embassy at Rome, 82;
repulse of the French invasion, 84-91;
reason for occupying Majorca, 92, 93;
death, 94;
character, 95
Pedro IV., King of Aragon, the Ceremonious, 143;
coveted Majorca, hated his cousin, 143, 144;
his intrigues against Majorca, 144;
his usurpation of Majorca, 145;
hatred of Jayme IV., 154;
death, 155
Pedro, Infante of Portugal, Governor of Majorca, 40, 42;
death, 49
Pedro, youngest son of Pedro III., 95
Pedro, brother of Alfonso V., killed at the siege of Naples, 167
Pedro, King of Castille, joined by Jayme IV. of Majorca, 153
Pera, Cape, King Jayme made bonfires at, 44
Peralada, birthplace of Muntaner, 54, 85, 90, 91
Peratallada, Bernardo de, companion of Pedro III. on his ride to
Bordeaux, 69-70;
rewarded, 74
Perpignan, 78;
French army at, 84, 105, 111, 127, 131, 148, 154;
Prince Fernando buried at, 132;
King Sancho buried at, 140;
seized by Pedro IV., 147
Peterborough, Earl of, 243
_Peterel_, H.M.S., 283
Petronilla, heiress of Aragon, marriage with the Count of Barcelona, 2
Philip. _See_ Felipe.
Philippe le Hardi, King of France:
married Isabel of Aragon, 49;
interview with the Aragonese kings, 59;
absolved by the Pope from keeping faith with Aragon, 65;
came to Bordeaux, 67;
discomfited, 74, 75;
called upon by the Pope to dethrone the King of Aragon, 82;
invasion, defeat, and death, 83, 84, 90
Philippe, eldest son of France:
opposed to the invasion of Aragon, 83, 84;
remonstrance to his father, 84;
flight from Catalonia with his father’s body, 90
Phœnicians at Minorca, 225
_Phœnix_, H.M.S., 273, 274
Pines (Aleppo), area covered with, in Majorca, 213
Pirates. _See_ Barbary.
Pisa, fleets of, oppose piracy of Majorcans, 11, 98
Plegamans, Ramon de, contractor for the Majorca invasion, 13;
newsagent, 39
Pollenza, Jayme I. off, 14, 28;
Moors land at, 176, relief expedition arrived at, 184;
desperate resistance of Comuneros, 185
Pont, Dr., Bishop of Palma, 185
Porrasa, 15;
cavalry landed at, 17, 94
Porreras founded, 109
_Portland_, H.M.S., 274
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