Kingdom of Majorca

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Kingdom of Majorca Regne de Mallorca (Catalan) Reino de Mallorca (Spanish) Regnum Maioricae (Latin) Royaume de Majorque (French)
1229–1715
Flag Coat of arms
The Kingdom of Majorca in the 13th and 14th centuries
Capital	Palma and Perpignan
Common languages	Catalan
Religion	Roman Catholicism (official)[1] Islam Judaism
Government	Aragonese led-Royal Constitutional Monarchy
History
• Established	1229
• Nueva Planta decrees	1715
Preceded by Succeeded by Almohad Caliphate Taifa of Majorca Kingdom of Spain
Today part of	Spain France

The Kingdom of Majorca (Catalan: Regne de Mallorca, IPA: [ˈreŋnə ðə məˈʎɔɾkə]; Spanish: Reino de Mallorca; Latin: Regnum Maioricae; French: Royaume de Majorque) was an insular realm off the east coast of modern day Spain, which included the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The islands were conquered from the Almohad Caliphate by James I of Aragon. The king became known as James the Conqueror due to the Conquest of Majorca.

When James I died in 1276, he divided his territories between his three surviving sons. Peter, the eldest, succeeded his father in the mainland as Peter III of Aragon or Peter the Great. The Kingdom of Majorca passed to the younger son James, who reigned as James II of Majorca.

After 1279, Peter III of Aragon decreed that the King of Majorca was to be a vassal of the King of Aragon. Naturally, this led to conflict between the two brothers. Finally, in 1344, the Kingdom of Majorca was invaded by King Peter IV of Aragon and brought under the Crown of Aragon. It remained a separate Kingdom, but with the same King, until its dissolution in 1715 by the Nueva Planta decrees.