List of monarchs of Majorca
The Kingdom of Majorca was created by James I of Aragon following his conquest in 1229 and the subsequent surrender of sovereignty by the Muslim rulers of the Balearic Islands in 1231. It was ruled in conjunction with the Crown of Aragon until his death when by will it passed to a younger son, James, who ruled the kingdom as nominal vassal of the Aragonese Crown. He was removed by his nephew Alfonso III of Aragon, who conquered the island of Menorca in 1287, effectively recovered Menorca from Moorish rule.
By the Treaty of Anagni of 1295, however, these island territories were yielded back to James. In 1344, the kingdom was again united with the Crown of Aragon but still disputed by pretenders until 1403. It subsequently formed an administrative kingdom within the Crown of Spain periodically included in the royal style as in Philip II's in the 1584 Treaty of Joinville until the Nueva Planta Decrees abolished these divisions in 1715.
Monarchs of Majorca
Pretenders to the throne
annexed the kingdom in 1344 and the title was part of the Crown of Aragon, though disputed by pretenders.Pretender | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
James IV of Majorca 1349–1375 | 1335 Montpellier son of James III of Majorca and Constance of Aragon | Joan I of Naples 26 September 1363 No children | 20 January 1375 Soria aged 40 | |
Isabella 1375–1403 | 1337 daughter of James III of Majorca and Constance of Aragon | John II of Montferrat 4 September 1358 5 children Konrad of Reischach 1375 1 child | 1406 France aged 69 |
Isabel's descendants did not continue the pretension.