| The Royal House of Aragon was founded by
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| | the principle of
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| James I of Aragon
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| | male primogeniture, but this was not
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| ("The Conqueror") who reigned as King of
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| | followed. Six claimants
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| Aragon 1213 - 1276.
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| | to the throne stepped forward. Through
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| The Kingdom of Aragon was one of the
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| | intrigues and
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| small Christian states
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| | political gerrymandering the law of
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| which arose in the Iberian peninsula
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| | succession was set
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| following the gradual
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| | aside, and a group of nine electors was
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| expulsion of the Moors, who had held
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| | put together to
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| sway in the area in the
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| | decide upon the respective claims. They
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| wake of their conquest of the old
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| | met at Caspe in
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| Visigothic realm of Spain
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| | Aragon in 1412, and by the very
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| in the eighth century.Peter III
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| | composition of the group a
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| succeeded his father James I to the
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| | decision for one of the claimants,
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| throne in
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| | Ferdinand of Antequera,
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| 1276, and for many years the succession
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| | was assured in advance. He thus came to
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| continued without
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| | power in a manner
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| problems. But when King Martin I (the
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| | similar to a coup in conflict with the
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| Humanist) of Aragon
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| | prevailing order of
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| died in 1410 he had no children to
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| | succession.This point is also stressed
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| succeed him, and he had
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| | by T.N. Bisson, who for many
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| not named any successor. The only
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| | years was professor of medieval history
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| written law of succession
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| | at Harvard
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| was the Will of James I which confirmed
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| | University.
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