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
Torrella, Bernardo de Santa Eugenia de, 12;
landed in Majorca with King Jayme, 16, 214;
fight for the water-supply at Canet, 27;
first Governor of Majorca, 37;
his brother the first Bishop, 37;
country seat at Canet, 37, 199;
his settlement of the country, 39, 42;
sent to subdue Minorca, 43;
Alfonso, resisted the Comuneros, 189
Torres Vedras, 207
Tortosa, Catalan dockyard at, 59;
retreat of the French from, 245
Toulouse, 154
Tournament at Naples, 164, 166;
at Bordeaux. _See_ Pedro III.
Trapani, 6, 57, 99, 128
Trebia, battle of, 225
Tremecen, sent help to Minorca Moors, 231
Trevanion, Captain, H.M.S. _York_, 245
Truyalls, noble family of Majorca, Marquis de la Torre, 109, 214;
Bernardo, executor of King Sancho’s will, 140
Tunis, King of, threatened invasion of Majorca, 39, 40
Tunis, expedition of Charles V. to 176, 237
Turks attack Minorca, 240
Tyrawly, Lord, 276
Ubaque, Dr. Francisco, sent to restore order in Majorca, 184
Umiyyah Khâlifas, Balearic Isles under, 10, 228
Urgel:
heiress married Infante of Portugal, 40;
occupied by Jayme IV., 154;
Count of, represented male line of House of Aragon, 162, 163
Uriols, 160
Urrea, Don Miguel de, Viceroy of Majorca during the Comuneros
troubles, 181-189
Utrecht, Treaty of: Catalans abandoned, 251
Valdemosa, Teix of, 41;
castle of King Sancho, 138;
Juan I. at, 160;
King Martin founded the Cartuja, 161;
summer residence of Don Juan Sureda, 162;
Georges Sand and Chopin at, 162;
attacked by pirates, 177, 183
Valencia, conquest by Jayme I., 48;
death of Jayme I. at, 56;
home of Muntaner, 54;
dockyard at, 59;
Jayme III. buried at, 130;
taken by Peterborough, 243
Valseca, his duel with Sureda, 164, 166
Valseca Portolano, description, 170-175;
owned by Amerigo Vespucci, 172
Velasco, Don Juan, 184, 188
Venetians, 123
Viana, Carlos, Prince of, 167, 168
Villafranca captured by Romana, 206
Villafranca de Panales, illness and death of Pedro III. at, 94
Villalonga, noble family of Majorca, 109, 189, 214, 215
Villalonga, Priamo de, 24;
his defence of the castle of Palma, 85
Villanova, a knight of Peralada, King of France died in his house, 90
Vines in Majorca, extent of cultivation, 109, 213
Violante of Aragon, Queen of Naples, 95
Violante of Aragon, wife of Alfonso X., 49
Violante of Hungary, Queen of Aragon, 8
Walton, Captain H.M.S. _Canterbury_, his business-like report, 257
Wellesley, Lord, 207
Wellington, Duke of, his appreciation of the Marquis of Romana, 207, 209
West, Rear-admiral, attacked the French ships of Minorca, 275;
superseded, but conduct approved, 276;
evidence of Byng’s court martial, 277;
disapproved of the execution of Byng, 278
Whitaker, Sir Edward, off Port Mahon, 248
Xilvella, a farm in Valencia, home of Muntaner, 54
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