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    EXPANSION

    DO YOU RECOGNIZE THESE FLAGS?

    They are quite similar, don't you think?


    Let's go back.
    In the year 1000, Catalonia was divided in two:

    The north part, Christian and independent


    Countys: OLD CATALONIA
    The south part, occupied by the Muslims:
    NEW CATALONIA
    During two hundred years the Catalan Counts
    conquered these lands. .

    Ramon Berenguer I, Barcelona's Count, was


    the first one conquering Muslims towns to the
    South (Tàrrega 1056)
    His descendants conquered some other territories

    Agramunt (1078), Balaguer (1105), Tarragona (1117)


    RAMON BERENGUER IV, Count of
    Barcelona, was another very important
    character in the Catalan History.

    He is well known because of two historical facts:


    He finish the conquest of all the New Catalonia:
    Tortosa (1148), Lleida (1149) .

    Ramon Berenguer IV set the current Catalan


    border in the South: the Senia river.
    Also, he agreed to marry Peronella d'Aragó,
    daughter of the King of Aragó.

    The marriage was celebrated in Lleida in 1150


    Thanks to this marriage Catalonia and Aragó
    become just one Kingdom, bigger and more
    powerful

    Each territory conserved its laws, language and


    institutions.
    The King JAUME I, el conqueridor, was another
    important character in the Medieval Catalan History

    He was also related to the city of Lleida.


    He was crowned as King in the Castell del Rei.
    He was just six years old.
    IN 1229, he decided to conquer MALLORCA.

    It was a Muslim kingdom, rich and it was a center


    for trading with all the Mediterranean Sea
    Going on with the fights against the arabs, in 1245,
    Jaume I conquered the Kingdom of VALENCIA...

    The Crown of Aragon, was one of the most big and


    powerful kingdoms around the Mediterranean Sea
    The following kings continued the expansion all
    over the Mediterranean Sea.

    Like this, in 1380, Pere III ruled over Mallorca,


    Sardinia, Athens and Neopatria.
    At that moment the Mediterranean Sea was a safe
    place for the Christian navigators

    Catalan traders travelled all along the


    Mediterranean Sea, bying and selling all kind of
    products: wine, silk, cotton, dried fruits, oil...
    The dinasty of the House of Barcelona ruled the Catalan
    Countys and the Crown of Aragon since Guifré el Pilós

    But in 1410, the King Martí l'Humà died without


    descendants.
    Offering such a big kingdom, different candidates
    wanted to succeed him as a king. The final
    options were:

    Ferran d'Antequera The Count Jaume II


    from Castilla from Urgell
    Representatives from Catalonia, Aragon and Valencia
    voted for Ferran d'Antequera in the
    Compromise of Caspe, in 1412.

    It was the end of the dinasty of the House of


    Barcelona and the beggining of the House of
    Trastámara.

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