page_title: Alfonso III of Aragon
hierarchical_section_title: Alfonso III of Aragon
caption_attribution_description: Català&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; La catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia de Barcelona. L'urna dels reis : Alfons el Franc, comte de Barcelona i rei d'Aragó, fill de Pere el Gra&#160;; Jaume I d'Urgell, comte d'Urgell, i Frederic d'Aragó, fills d' Alfons el Benigne.English&#x3a;&#32; The Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia in Barcelona. Royal tombs in the Cathedral of Barcelona: urn of kings. Alfonso III of Aragon and James I, Count of UrgellFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Cathédrale de la Sainte-Croix et de Sainte Eulalie à Barcelone. Tombes royales dans la cathédrale de Barcelone&#160;: L'urne des rois&#160;: Alphonse III d&#39;Aragon et Jaume I d'Urgell. Frederic Marès &#160;(1893&#8211;1991)&#160;&#160;&#160;Alternative names Frederic Marés Deulovol; Frederic Marés; Frederic Marés i Deulovol; Frederic Marès Deulovol; Frederic MarèsDescriptionSpanish sculptorDate of birth/death 18 September 1893&#160; 16 August 1991&#160;Location of birth/death Portbou BarcelonaAuthority control : Q3397291 VIAF:&#8201;47563360 ISNI:&#8201;0000 0001 0530 8029 ULAN:&#8201;500037520 LCCN:&#8201;n96071416 GND:&#8201;119062798 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q3397291 Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia &#160;&#160;Native nameCatedral de Santa Eulalia de BarcelonaLocationBarcelona, (Spain)Coordinates41°&#160;23′&#160;02″&#160;N, 2°&#160;10′&#160;35″&#160;E &#160;Established1298&#160;Web pagehttp://www.catedralbcn.org/index.php?lang=esAuthority control : Q17155 VIAF:&#8201;154762878 ISNI:&#8201;0000 0001 2160 0206 LCCN:&#8201;n80004064 OSM:&#8201;3298476 BIC:&#8201;RI-51-0000338 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q17155 This is a photo of a monument indexed in the Catalan heritage register of Béns Culturals d'Interès Nacional and the Spanish heritage register of Bienes de Interés Cultural under the reference RI-51-0000338.
context_page_description: Alfonso III, called the Liberal or the Free, was the King of Aragon, King of Valencia, Count of Roussillon, Count of Sardinia and Count of Barcelona from 1285. He conquered the Kingdom of Majorca between his succession and 1287.
  He was a son of King Peter III of Aragon and Constance, daughter and heiress of King Manfred of Sicily.
  Soon after assuming the throne, he conducted a campaign to reincorporate the Balearic Islands into the Kingdom of Aragon - which had been lost due to the division of the kingdom by his grandfather, James I of Aragon. Thus in 1285 he declared war on his uncle, James II of Majorca, and conquered both Majorca and Ibiza, effectively reassuming suzerainty over the Kingdom of Majorca. He followed this with the conquest of Menorca - until then, an autonomous Muslim state within the Kingdom of Majorca - on 17 January 1287, the anniversary of which now serves as Menorca's national holiday.
  He initially sought to maintain Aragonese control over Sicily early in his reign by supporting the claims to the island of his brother, James II of Aragon.
context_section_description: Alfonso III (4 November 1265, in Valencia – 18 June 1291), called the Liberal (el Liberal) or the Free (also "the Frank," from el Franc), was the King of Aragon, King of Valencia, Count of Roussillon, Count of Sardinia and Count of Barcelona (as Alfons II) from 1285. He conquered the Kingdom of Majorca between his succession and 1287.
  He was a son of King Peter III of Aragon and Constance, daughter and heiress of King Manfred of Sicily.
  Soon after assuming the throne, he conducted a campaign to reincorporate the Balearic Islands into the Kingdom of Aragon - which had been lost due to the division of the kingdom by his grandfather, James I of Aragon. Thus in 1285 he declared war on his uncle, James II of Majorca, and conquered both Majorca  (1285) and Ibiza (1286), effectively reassuming suzerainty over the Kingdom of Majorca. He followed this with the conquest of Menorca - until then, an autonomous Muslim state (Manûrqa) within the Kingdom of Majorca - on 17 January 1287, the anniversary of which now serves as Menorca's national holiday.
  He initially sought to maintain Aragonese control over Sicily early in his reign by supporting the claims to the island of his brother, James II of Aragon. However, he later retracted the support for his brother shortly before his death and instead tried to make peace with the Papal States France.
  His reign was marred by a constitutional struggle with the Aragonese nobles, which eventually culminated in the articles of the Union of Aragon - the so-called "Magna Carta of Aragon", which devolved several key royal powers into the hands of lesser nobles. His inability to resist the demands of his nobles was to leave a heritage of disunity in Aragon and further dissent amongst the nobility, who increasingly saw little reason to respect the throne, and brought the Kingdom of Aragon close to anarchy.
  During his lifetime a dynastic marriage with Eleanor, daughter of King Edward I of England, was arranged. However Alfonso died before meeting his bride. He died at the age of 25 in 1291, and was buried in the Franciscan convent in Barcelona; since 1852 his remains have been buried in Barcelona Cathedral.
  Dante Alighieri, in the Divine Comedy, recounts that he saw Alfonso's spirit seated outside the gates of Purgatory with the other monarchs whom Dante blamed for the chaotic political state of Europe during the 13th century.
caption: His grave
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