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- Byname:
- Alfonso The Liberal, or The Candid
- Spanish:
- Alfonso El Liberal, or El Franco
- Born:
- 1265
- Died:
- June 18, 1291, Barcelona (aged 26)
- Title / Office:
- king (1285-1291), Aragon
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Alfonso III
Alfonso III, statue in Maó, Minorca, Spain.
Alfonso III
king of Aragon
Also known as: Alfonso el Franco, Alfonso el Liberal, Alfonso the Candid, Alfonso the Liberal(Show More)
Alfonso III (born 1265—died June 18, 1291, Barcelona) was the king of Aragon from 1285 to 1291, son of Peter III. A weak king, he was involved in an unsuccessful constitutional struggle with the Aragonese nobles. In 1287 he was compelled to grant the so-called “Privilegio de la Unión,” which handed over a number of important royal prerogatives to baronial control. At Alfonso’s death the crown passed to his brother James II, who had been king of Sicily (as James I) since 1285.
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